Ontario's COVID-19 vaccine certificate QR codes available for download during next 3 days
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Ontario is making COVID-19 vaccine certificate QR codes available for download during the next three days, beginning Friday morning with those born between January and April.
An update added to the Ontario Health site last night says that the three-day rollout is intended to ensure a "smooth user experience."
Fully vaccinated Ontarians with a birthday in the first four months of the year were able to download their QR code as of 6 a.m. ET today.
The next phases of the initial rollout include:
As of 6 a.m. on Oct. 18, the site says, enhanced vaccine certificates will be available for all fully vaccinated Ontarians to download.
Roughly 83.2 per cent of those eligible in the province have now had two doses of vaccine.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Health Minister Christine Elliott are set to reveal further details about the QR code certificate system at a news conference at 11 a.m. ET. You can watch it live in this story.
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