Ontario’s New Democrats are calling on the provincial government to share their plans for a fourth expansion COVID-19 Vaccine dosage.
interim leader Peter Tabuns Says details are needed now that a federal immunization panel is recommending the shots and Quebec has gone ahead with a fourth dose for all adults.
He says the NDP wants easy and equitable access to shots, including availability in community clinics and doctors’ offices.
Premier Doug Ford said last week that the government was discussing its fourth dose plan with the province’s chief medical officer and promised details would come “in the next little while”.
The fourth shot is currently available in Ontario to people age 60 and older, Indigenous adults, and long-term care and retirement home residents, if three months have passed since receiving the third shot.
Last week the National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommended booster shots ahead of a possible wave of COVID-19 infections.
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