Ontario Premier Doug Ford to make announcement on COVID-19 booster shots
CTV
Premier Doug Ford will provide an update on Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine booster strategy Wednesday afternoon, just days after eligibility opened up for people over the age of 50.
Ford will speak at Queen’s Park alongside Health Minister Christine Elliott, Solicitor General Sylvia Jones and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore at 2 p.m.
The news conference will be streamed live on CTVNewsToronto.ca and the CTV News Toronto app.
Individuals aged 50 to 69 became eligible to book their third dose of the vaccine on Monday. However the government has been criticized for moving too slowly with its booster strategy amid the spread of the new Omicron variant, which is much more transmissible than other variants of concern seen in the province.
Omicron is expected to soon by the dominant COVID-19 variant in Ontario by the end of the month, with Moore telling reporters that a single case of Omicron is infecting four to eight times more people than a Delta variant case.
