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Ontario unveils more details of its COVID-19 vaccination program

The Ontario government has released more details on how the COVID-19 vaccine rollout will work.

Officials say the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will arrive next week and will go to two hospital sites, one in Toronto and one in Ottawa.

They say over 2,500 health care workers from long-term care and hospitals will receive the first doses.

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It’s expected another 90,000 doses will be received before the end of January which will go to 14 hospital sites in Grey-Lockdown and Red-Control.

Pending Health Canada approval, between 35,000 and 85,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine are expected to arrive in Ontario before the end of January.

Those doses will go to long-term care homes in Grey-Lockdown areas.

In early 2021, its expected the number of hospital sites with the Pfizer vaccine will be expanded to 21.

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