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Ontario expands vaccine eligibility to 50+, essential workers; Peel open to all adults by Michael Ranger Last Updated May 6, 2021 at 8:21 am EDT An elderly women waits outside at a mass COVID-19 vaccination site during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mississauga, Ont., on Monday, March 22, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette Eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine expands across Ontario on Thursday to any residents aged 50 and older. As well, essential workers, people with high-risk health conditions, and First Nation, Inuit and Metis people not previously targeted in earlier phases of the immuniza...

Amazon workers in Brampton, Bolton to get vaccinated on the job by News Staff Last Updated May 5, 2021 at 8:30 am EDT A person walks past an Amazon Fulfillment Centre during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brampton, Ont., Tuesday, April 20, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette Workplace vaccinations in Peel Region move to the Amazon plants in Brampton and Bolton on Wednesday. These two facilities have been extremely hard hit by the virus, both ordered partially closed recently due to outbreaks. Peel’s medical officer of health, Dr. Lawrence Loh, says by reaching out directly to residents and w...

Ontario said on Tuesday that a total of more than 5.4-million vaccine doses have been administered in the province.

  TORONTO -- Ontario is on track to offer a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to 65 per cent of all adults by the end of May, officials say as the province prepares to launch mobile units to help vaccinate essential workers in small and medium size businesses in the Greater Toronto Area. Speaking to reporters Wednesday afternoon, Solicitor General Sylvia Jones said the province will launch up to five mobile vaccination units in Toronto, Peel and York regions starting Friday. These units will target essential workers in small and medium-sized businesses, such as those in food or product man...

by Lucas Casaletto, Michael Ranger Posted May 5, 2021 8:47 am EDT Last Updated May 5, 2021 at 3:47 pm EDT Visitors line up at a mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Parkway Forest Community Centre in Toronto on Monday, April 19, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn Ontario has once again updated its vaccine rollout with the government reiterating its intent to vaccinate roughly 65 percent of Ontarians aged 18-plus with one dose by the end of May while expanding its vaccination efforts at workplaces in Toronto and Peel. In their last update, the Ford government annou...