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On December 9, 2020, Health Canada approved the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.Vaccines were distributed amongst the provinces by the Federal government. [3] Ontario received an initial delivery of 6,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine [4] of a total of 90,000 doses to be received before the end of 2020. [5]
In late October, NACI recommended the use of booster shots (third doses) of vaccines for certain immunocompromised peoples, people over the age of 70, people who had received a full series of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine or Janssen vaccine and those in healthcare following 6 months of full vaccination.
The Ontario government announced a COVID-19 vaccine certification system that came into effect on 22 September. [40] It was met with protests. [40] On October 28, 2021, Chief Medical Officer of Health of Ontario Kieran Moore said that Ontario will not integrate a COVID-19 vaccine requirement into the Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA) "at ...
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Valid medical exemptions include adverse reactions to the first vaccine dose, or life-threatening allergies to vaccine ingredients, and must be issued by a doctor. [106] On October 14, 2021, Ontario began to roll out proof of vaccination expressed as a QR code. They can be checked by businesses using the Verify Ontario mobile app. [109]
Dr. David Weber of UNC-Chapel Hill recommends booster shots in all cases, and says those with compromised immune systems should not wait. When will a third COVID booster shot be available — and ...
Vaccine Hunters spent considerable time working on high public interest for the vaccine. [17] During the second dose rollout of the vaccine in Ontario, Vaccine Hunters Canada assisted in getting people to clinics. However, there were reports of verbal abuse of staff due to large volumes of people flooding the clinics, many were ineligible. [18 ...