there was a significant boost to ontario’s vaccination efforts, meanwhile, as 43,855 vaccine doses were administered thursday on the heels of the announcement that the province will mandate a vaccine passport for non-essential businesses. that is about 10,000 more doses than ontario had been averaging through august.
of those vaccinations, 21,284 were first doses and 22,571 were second doses.
there have been 20,871,664 total vaccine doses administered in the province, with 10,006,367 eligible residents now fully vaccinated.
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ottawa has hit another vaccination milestone with 80 per cent of eligible (12-plus) residents now fully vaccinated.
“i am so proud that we have one of the highest vaccination rates among the largest cities in canada,” mayor jim watson tweeted friday morning. “thank you for doing your part, ottawa!”
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a new poll suggests eight out of 10 canadians were in favour of a covid-19 vaccine passport in the days leading up to this week’s news that ontario would be implementing a passport type system and the rollout of a certificate system in quebec.
the poll also suggests canadians were largely split on whether the reopening of in-person learning at elementary and secondary schools changed their level of concern over the delta variant.