Ontario to soon offer fourth doses to 60+: Health Minister | National Newswatch
Ontario's health minister says the province plans to soon make fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines available to residents aged 60 and older.
Christine Elliott says the province will announce a plan tomorrow for expanding eligibility for fourth doses. Fourth doses in Ontario are already available to long-term care and retirement home residents as well as those who are immunocompromised. The government's plan comes as COVID-19 hospitalizations have been rising in Ontario – the province reported 1,091 people in hospital with the virus today, nearly 40 per cent higher than a week ago.Ontario ended mask mandates in most public spaces two weeks ago, with the exception of public transit and health-care settings such as hospitals and long-term care homes.
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