Ontario‘s chief medical officer of health says there is ample supply of the Omicron-targeted COVID-19 vaccine, even for people who won’t be eligible for that shot until later this month.
Dr. Kieran Moore says over the next two weeks only 20,000 out of a potential 80,000 appointments have been booked.
He says there is still “significant capacity” and an ample supply of the bivalent vaccine.
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Moore says there are plenty of vaccines and appointment slots, and people should make sure they are up to date on their COVID-19 boosters to ensure a maximum level of community protection heading into the winter.
He says the province had hit a low of 5,000 people a day getting shots, and now with renewed interest in the vaccines with the introduction of the bivalent shot, that’s up to 15,000 today.
Ontarians aged 70 and older, long-term care residents, health-care workers, Indigenous people and their adult household members, immunocompromised people 12 and older and pregnant people are eligible for the Omicron-targeted booster now, while all others 18 and older can receive the shots as of Sept. 26.
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