Ontario officials to detail when everyone in the province will be eligible for 3rd dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Dr. Kieran Moore will speak about the plan to roll out booster shots as federal officials now suggest a much larger share of the population should get a third shot.call for all residents of long-term care, First Nations elder care lodges and retirement homes to get a third dose.
They also said that frontline healthcare workers who received two doses of any vaccine in relatively short succession at the start of Ontario’s vaccination drive should probably get a third dose as well. “Even if they have two doses of a vaccine, they can still have a severe outcome if they’re infected,” he said.
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