Ontario Vaccines

• Ontario’s top doctor urges mask wearing, warns mandate could return

  Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario's medical officer of health, urged people to get vaccines, boosters and wear a mask to avoid an unmanageable surge in hospital admissions.

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  Oct 13, 2022
  
• Windsor, Ont., health unit suspends 1,500 students over outdated immunization records

  The Windsor-Essex Health Unit says it is holding clinics throughout the week for routine immunizations and students can return to school once their records have been updated.

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  Sep 14, 2022
  
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• Ontario COVID-19 numbers: 1,410 people in hospital and 187 in ICU

  There were 266 fewer reported hospitalizations with COVID-19 Sunday compared to Saturday and a marginal decrease in ICU occupancy.

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  May 1, 2022
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• Children born in 2017 ineligible for COVID vaccine until their 5th birthday: Ontario

  A spokeswoman for Ontario's health minister says children born in 2017 will have to wait for their fifth birthday to be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine.

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  Dec 23, 2021
• Ontario university COVID-19 vaccine mandates mean some students being barred from campus

  Several universities in Ontario are moving to bar unvaccinated students from campus as their mandatory vaccination policies take full effect.

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  Oct 22, 2021
• Ontario reports 654 new cases of COVID-19, 2 more deaths

  This is the first time in seven days where cases were reported above 600. The seven-day average now sits at 544, a decrease from 607 at this point last week.

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  Oct 9, 2021
• Confidence in COVID-19 vaccines among Ontarians remains stable: science group

  In a brief released late Friday, the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table says confidence in COVID-19 vaccines has remained within the range of 72 per cent to 76 per cent.

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  Oct 9, 2021
• COVID-19: Ontario Hospital Association reiterates need for vaccines as hospitalizations rise

  The association notes more than 90 per cent of COVID-19 patients in intensive care and more than 80 per cent of those hospitalized but not in an ICU are not fully vaccinated.

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  Aug 25, 2021
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• Ontario government mandating COVID-19 vaccine policies for high-risk settings

  In addition to mandating COVID-19 vaccine policies, the Ontario government also announced vulnerable populations will be able to get a third COVID-19 shot.

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  Aug 17, 2021
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• Ontario not considering making COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for health-care workers: Doug Ford

  "I think it's their constitutional right to take it or not take it," Doug Ford said Thursday.

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  Jul 15, 2021