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Ontario considering sending half its COVID-19 vaccines to hot spot areas, health minister says

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COVID-19 vaccines to hot-spot areas to bring down surging cases while it seeks to have some pharmacies administer a second type of shot to make up for delivery delays.Health Minister Christine Elliott said Monday the province is weighing a recommendation by its COVID-19 science advisory table, which said allocating shots based on transmission rate rather than age group would bring down COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths.Elliott said the province has so far been held back by its limited supply of vaccines, particularly in light of delayed shipments from Moderna and Oxford-AstraZeneca.

Shifting more vaccines to hot spots will help reduce hospitalizations, deaths: Ontario science table But Ontario expects to receive “much higher levels of.

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