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Toronto to vaccinate nearly 8,000 children under 5 against COVID-19

A health-care worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a University Health Network vaccine clinic in Toronto on Jan. 7, 2021.
Healthcare workers 2021 Preparing doses of the Pfizer and Biontech COVID-19 vaccines at the University Health Network Vaccine Clinic in Toronto on January 7. Photo by The Canadian Press /Toronto Sun

About 8,000 children under the age of five in Toronto received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

“In the early stages of vaccination for this age group, the Toronto Public Health Service (TPH) recommends that COVID-19 be administered to children aged 6 months to under 5 years of age. "The TPH will receive dose shipments from Ontario to administer vaccination campaigns for children throughout Toronto," said a TPH statement issued on Friday. We are one of many partners in ."

Ontario's government announced on July 28 that it would begin providing vaccines to infants.

According to the latest research report available from Public Health Ontario, less than two weeks after the state began accepting vaccination appointments for her children under the age of five, he had a statewide less than 5% of the time he received the first dose in — but this figure included her infant under six months, who was not eligible.

So far, 82.5% of residents have completed primary vaccination, usually defined as two doses, and 50.7% have completed at least one of her doses. I am receiving additional vaccinations.

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Demand for COVID-19 vaccine revaccination drops sharply after the third dose.

Among individuals age 60 and older, 44.5% received her second dose of her COVID-19 vaccine.

States provided 6,511 residents with a fifth dose, which is offered to those most at risk of serious illness or death from COVID.

All adults in Ontario are eligible for a fourth dose, also called a second booster, but healthy young adults should expect a new Omicron-targeted booster to arrive, possibly this fall. It is said that we can consider waiting until it is available.

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