Ontario will start immunizing children against COVID-19 this month: Moore
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Ontario’s top doctor says he expects that children ages five to 11 will be receiving their first COVID-19 vaccines by the end of the month.
“By the end of this month, we’ll be immunizing five to 11s,” medical officer of health Dr. Kieran Moore told Newstalk 580 CFRA’s The Morning Rush with Bill Carroll on Wednesday. “I really think we’ll be able to do it.”
Moore said provincial officials have reviewed Ottawa Public Health’s plan to vaccinate children, calling it “brilliant.”
“I’ve talked to Dr. Vera Etches at the Ottawa team; we reviewed their plan yesterday,” he said. “It’s brilliant and they’re ready to go.”
Moore’s timing estimate lines up with Canada’s chief medical advisor, who said last week that Health Canada could authorize the vaccine for kids in ‘one to two weeks.’
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