Ontario's health minister says schools and an information campaign will play important roles in the province's effort to vaccinate young children against COVID-19 once shots are approved for them -- key recommendations of experts advising the government.
Christine Elliott said Wednesday that schools will be a likely setting for vaccinating kids aged five to 11, though perhaps not during school hours.
"That doesn't deviate from our message at all. We want everyone who can receive the vaccine to do so." "We see the government kind of seeming to pander to some of those uncertainties, and it's very unfortunate because we know that this government has always been behind the eight ball when it came to rolling out vaccination strategies," said education critic Marit Stiles.
Dr. Deena Hinshaw, chief medical officer of health for Alberta, has said her province is making plans for the pediatric vaccine roll-out as well.
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