Officials from the ministries of health and agriculture, health-care practitioners and representatives from the
The vaccines were administered in a screened-off area after recipients took a mandatory COVID-19 test.
Yufest said there were "no major glitches" in the rollout, but that lessons learned from the first day would be introduced into a more permanent program that will offer shots to more workers arriving next week.
The government has said it plans to follow up with farms to administer the second dose through the local public health unit.
One such unit sounded a recent alarm about current vaccine supplies, raising the spectre of reduced clinic hours or even temporary shutdowns in the coming days if the situation doesn't improve.
"Given this acute need for our clinics to continue vaccinating prioritized groups, we appeal both to you Minister, and to all our York Region MPPs, for your assistance to acquire any vaccines that can be directed to
"We continue to be ready to administer doses — and expand the locations administering doses, including mass vaccination sites — as soon as we receive supply from the federal government," she said in a statement.
Immunization efforts continued elsewhere, however, with some high-profile politicians getting in on the action.
“I’m completely confident taking it as it’s been taken by millions of people around the world," Tory said. "So, no nervousness whatsoever."
Meanwhile,
Elliott said there were 973 new cases in
Government figures showed 1,524 patients currently in
Those figures were released hours after the province issued a pair of emergency orders intended to address a major influx of COVID-19 patients requiring hospital care.
They include a directive allowing hospitals to transfer patients to other facilities without their consent, as well as one granting the province power to redeploy dozens of workers from home-care organizations and
Hospitals will begin scaling back elective surgeries as of Monday as they try to keep pace with COVID-19-related demands.
It's the fourth straight day more than 100,000 vaccines have been given out in the province.
A total of 3,044,949 vaccine doses have been administered in
The province completed more than 61,400 tests since the last report.
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