he said it’s up to the federal government whether to create a vaccine passport for international travel, and if it does, he’s “not going to balk at that.”
a group of experts advising the ford government on the pandemic last week said a domestic proof-of-vaccination system would help speed up reopening and help prepare for a potential resurgence in cases — something ontario’s top doctor has said will likely happen in the fall.
ford also repeated monday that he doesn’t support mandatory vaccinations of health workers, noting that they already have high vaccination rates.
professional groups representing doctors and registered nurses in ontario have publicly supported mandatory vaccination for health-care workers.
the provincial liberals joined those calls on monday, with their leader, steven del duca, calling for mandatory shots for education and health workers and for provincial proof of vaccination.
ford is “jeopardizing ontario’s reopening by not planning ahead to prevent a fourth wave,” del duca said in a statement.
ontario reported 119 covid-19 cases on monday and three deaths from the virus.
eighty per cent of adults in ontario have at least one covid-19 vaccine dose and 67 per cent are fully vaccinated.