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Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said Tuesday that the announcement about the COVID-19 vaccine passport had resulted in an increase in vaccinations, with about 90,000 first doses administered in the week following the announcement – an increase of 29 per cent from the previous week.

Ontario Deputy Premier and Health Minister Christine Elliot said on Thursday that more than half of adults in the province have received both their COVID-19 vaccine doses and are considered fully-vaccinated against COIVD-19. She stressed the safety and efficacy of the vaccines and encouraged those who haven’t gotten a shot yet to do so.

Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said Thursday that in the past several weeks testing had been done on the judgment of the clinician, but as of Thursday any Ontarian with symptoms of COVID-19 can be tested. She said with the reopening of the economy, this is needed to do more public surveillance testing to know...

Health Minister Christine Elliott said on Monday that the second COVID-19 wave in the province will be “more complicated and more difficult to deal with,” as flu season will also be approaching, but that they have taken many measures into consideration for their “robust fall preparedness plan” amid the pandemic.

Ontario’s Deputy Premier and Health Minister Christine Elliott said Saturday that the province is “actively working” to expand its laboratory capacity as it works to get COVID-19 test results out faster amid a rise in virus case numbers.

Ontario’s Deputy Premier and Health Minister Christine Elliott said on Monday that the province will be unveiling a fall preparedness plan starting on Tuesday, saying that its been in the works for months now and will include increased testing that is projected to reach a maximum capacity of 50,000 tests per day.

Ontario’s Deputy Premier and Health Minister Christine Elliott said Tuesday the government has hired more than 500 public health nurses to be deployed in schools, in order to assess students for symptoms of COVID-19 and determine if they need testing.

Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said Tuesday that a surge in COVID-19 cases in Ottawa is cause for concern because there is “no real huge epidemiological link” and that’s one of the reasons for the movement of cases into long-term care in that city. She said because of that, they’ve needed to introduce more stringent...

Parents of Ontario children aged 5 to 11 can begin booking appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine starting Tuesday, Nov. 23, Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott announced Monday. She said it’s likely shots will be in the arms of children by Thursday.

Ontario’s Deputy Premier Christine Elliott announced on Thursday that the province will be opening up COVID-19 vaccine booking eligibility to adults 55 and over on their provincial portal starting Friday, and hopes to start booking appointments for all adults over 18 as early as the week of May 24. Elliott also said the province is...

Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliot said on Wednesday that more than 50 per cent of residents over the age of 18 had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. “This is a very exciting milestone and a true testament to the determination and dedication of team Ontario,” Elliot told reporters.

Deputy Premier and Health Minister Christine Elliott said Wednesday that the province is recommending cloth face masks be worn in public as Ontario enters Stage 1 of its reopening plan and businesses begin reopening, especially in the event that people are unable to properly follow physical distancing guidance.

Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott spoke Friday about the launch of the next phase of the province’s testing strategy, saying they’re adding two new branches of testing, in addition to the current testing centre method. She said the first is will be an expansion of surveillance for vulnerable populations for those not showing symptoms at...

Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said Friday that lockdowns had to be introduced in several regions across the province to prevent increasing COVID-19 cases from overburdening the health-care systems, adding that surgeries and procedures that were postponed in the first wave can’t be postponed again because, in many cases, they are life-saving.

Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said on Monday that there was “hope” for a move to Stage 3 of the reopening plan and that data from Stage 2 reopening is being examined and they are working to move into said next stage “as soon as we possibly can.” She said they could not, however, provide...

Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott on Thursday said they would not be implementing a stay-at-home order with the “emergency brake” shutdown because they saw the harm the last order had on children and adults, adding they wanted people to enjoy the outdoors safely with warmer weather around the corner.

Reacting to the Canadian federal government’s new public health measures for international travellers, Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Friday said while he welcomes this change, he feels it doesn’t start soon enough. As a result, Ontario is introducing a plan to combat virus variants and will require mandatory COVID-19 testing at Toronto Pearson International Airport...

Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott warned Monday that the variants of the coronavirus were a “significant threat” to reopening the province and they were spreading in the province. She spoke about the P.1 variant first identified in Brazil detected in Toronto, as well as a case in the Timiskaming Health Unit that was flagged to...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Health Minister Christine Elliott gave further details on the “emergency brake” measure being put into place to help for a quicker response to a spike in COVID-19 cases, especially in situations where a variant may be spreading. Elliott said it would allow them to move a region from any restriction...

Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said on Thursday that the province’s investment into COVID-19 testing will “significantly expand” testing capacity, as well as improve access and reduce wait times. She added they will also be hiring more contact tracers to “further expand our efforts to quickly identify potential cases.”