For the fall of 2024, there will be two vaccines available in Ontario. Both have been updated to contain protection against the Omicron KP.2 variant. Moderna (for individuals 6 months of age and older) Pfizer (for individuals 12 years and older) ...
“The health and safety of Ontarians is always our top priority, and for that reason, only COVID-19 vaccines that Health Canada determines to be safe and effective are approved for use in Ontario. All COVID-19 vaccines available in Ontario have been shown to prevent serious illness, hospital...
Beginning tomorrow, anyone over the age of 18 in Ontario will be able to access the province's COVID-19 vaccine booking system to set up an appointment for their first shot, regardless of where they live. This is huge news, not only because it's happeninga week earlier than scheduled, ...
The idea that vaccines could have negative consequences was articulated early in the pandemic. In March of 2020, in the journalNature, Shibo Jiang, a vaccine researcher wrote an article entitled, “Don’t rush to deploy COVID-19 vaccines and drugs without sufficient safety guarantees” (Jiang202...
Another Phase II, randomized, single-blind, platform trial in pregnant women is ongoing to assess the safety, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity of COVID-19 vaccines available in the UK [78]. Also ongoing is an open-label, Phase II trial to evaluate the safety, reactogenicity, and ...
COVID-19 vaccines to be available to immigrants The Public Health Authority of Canada (PHAC) maintains that the COVID-19 vaccine will be available to everyone in Canada regardless of their immigration status. Priority for vaccination is given to residents and staff of care homes, health care ...
Health Canada Finds Astrazeneca COVID-19 Vaccines From Baltimore Plant Safe, of High Quality More Reuters FILE PHOTO: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is inoculated with AstraZeneca's vaccine against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a pharmacy in Ottawa, Ontar...
Each employer will have to determine its own policy and will have to take into account any minimum requirements if and when legislation is passed in Ontario. As two doses are required for three of the four vaccines currently authorized for use in Canada, employers will have to consider their...
It is important to acknowledge the fast-moving nature of the COVID-19 pandemic; four licenced vaccines are now available whereas there were either no/limited vaccines available at the time when eligible studies were conducted [115]. The availability of vaccines may have a role in vaccine intent...
Doses of vaccine will become available in Canada in waves, and the vaccine should be available to everyone who wants it by September. These vaccines were developed in a remarkably short time frame, and it's thanks to the unyielding efforts of scientists from around the globe that...