Ontario’s vaccination efforts have seen shots given in pharmacies, doctors offices, hospitals, mobile trucks, university campuses, domestic calls for home bound individuals, and now schools..Ontario’s Minister of Education, Stephen Leece, said vaccine clinics will be held in schools before, during and after school hours..The City of Toronto’s website says principals will give notice to parents and children when a clinic is to be hosted, information only meant for that individual school..The update also introduced rules for Ontario schools to notify families once 30% of teachers and students are absent from school due to COVID-19 outbreaks..NDP leader Andrea Horwath expressed her concerns with parents’ need to know when there are outbreaks in schools, not the 30% threshold the government has set..She mentioned the NDP are in favour for the in-school vaccine clinics, pushing to make child vaccinations easier for families..Fleece mentioned Ontario is proceeding with opening schools cautiously, providing two rapid tests for all staff and students in Ontario for the first week back to school..This information was announced in an update meeting with Ontario officials, provincial chief medical officer, and opposition NDP leaders..Ewa Sudyk is a reporter with the Western Standard.,.esudyk@westernstandardonline.com
Ontario’s vaccination efforts have seen shots given in pharmacies, doctors offices, hospitals, mobile trucks, university campuses, domestic calls for home bound individuals, and now schools..Ontario’s Minister of Education, Stephen Leece, said vaccine clinics will be held in schools before, during and after school hours..The City of Toronto’s website says principals will give notice to parents and children when a clinic is to be hosted, information only meant for that individual school..The update also introduced rules for Ontario schools to notify families once 30% of teachers and students are absent from school due to COVID-19 outbreaks..NDP leader Andrea Horwath expressed her concerns with parents’ need to know when there are outbreaks in schools, not the 30% threshold the government has set..She mentioned the NDP are in favour for the in-school vaccine clinics, pushing to make child vaccinations easier for families..Fleece mentioned Ontario is proceeding with opening schools cautiously, providing two rapid tests for all staff and students in Ontario for the first week back to school..This information was announced in an update meeting with Ontario officials, provincial chief medical officer, and opposition NDP leaders..Ewa Sudyk is a reporter with the Western Standard.,.esudyk@westernstandardonline.com
