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COVID-19: Ontario to provide vaccine rollout update, immunizations start Tuesday

Hillier says the province also expects to receive between 30,000 and 85,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine by the new year
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TORONTO — Ontario is expected to provide an update today on its plans to rollout the COVID-19 vaccine.

The province has said that it will begin immunizations with its first shipment of 6,000 doses on Tuesday.

Retired gen. Rick Hiller says University Health Network in Toronto and the Ottawa Hospital will administer the first shots to health-care workers.

An additional 90,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine expected later this month in the province are to be provided to 13 hospitals across Ontario.

Hillier says the province also expects to receive between 30,000 and 85,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine by the new year, pending its approval by Health Canada.

The province is also expected to announce additional restrictions for regions in the province as case counts rise.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 11, 2020

The Canadian Press