WOW Vaccines are a long ways out yet And you have to travel to the sites where they are stored, glad I'm not taking one. Three phases in Ontario with the first taking 2-3 months. Wonder how many "snags" they are going to hit like the most obvious one....it thaws before usage.....yikes, what a mess.
A lot of uncertainty remains around the initial rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in Ontario, the head of the province's distribution task force said Monday, as public health officials reported a single-day high of 1,925 new cases of the illness.
At an afternoon news conference, retired general Rick Hillier said that lingering questions about the transportation and storage of Pfizer's vaccine mean that there is no firm timeline yet on when it could reach vulnerable Ontarians, particularly front-line health workers and residents of long-term care.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced this morning that 249,000 doses of Pfizer's vaccine are set to arrive in Canada by the end of 2020. The doses will be distributed on a per capita basis, meaning each province will receive vaccine doses in numbers proportionate to their share of the population.
Hillier said Ontario plans to administer the vaccine in three phases, with the first expected to take between two and three months, depending on when the doses actually arrive.
Because the Pfizer vaccine requires specialized, ultra-low temperature freezers for storage, Hillier couldn't say when it would be made available to the groups most in need. At first, vaccination sites may need to be set up at locations with the capacity to safely store the vaccine, meaning those being immunized would need to travel to the sites.