![]() ![]() One ray of good news for those who managed to get third doses - the extra protection against COVID-19 including Omicron kicks in within five to seven days, not the 10 to 14 days needed with earlier doses. The province is calling on anyone with experience administering intramuscular injections to support the province’s vaccine clinics, including retired people, dentists and other health professionals. “We’re pulling out all the stops to try to have as many immunizers available to Ontarians as possible,” while also procuring more vaccine supply, Moore said. The province had widened booster eligibility to anyone aged 18 and older at least three months past their second dose. He was asked about frustration Monday from Ontarians unable to book third-dose appointments, and some health units unwilling to book new shots without resources to administer them. “I have consulted whether we should delay and at present, with the experts that I’ve consulted, they don’t see a reason to do that at present in Ontario.” “We’re very committed to keeping our schools open,” Moore added. “I want to ensure parents that we’re on top of the data” and not seeing any “significant impact” on children’s health related to the virus surge, he said, noting 38 per cent of kids aged 5 to 11 are vaccinated and the figure is growing. ![]() Moore said that, at this point, he is not recommending the Ontario government delay students’ return to school after the winter break, adding he is in close touch with experts from children’s hospitals in Toronto and Ottawa. The province reported 3,453 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, and on Monday administered more than 206,000 vaccine doses. No one who has been infected with the rapidly spreading coronavirus variant has been admitted to the intensive-care unit at an Ontario hospital thus far. “Early evidence indicates that Omicron is four to eight times more transmissible than the Delta variant and as of last week, Omicron has become the predominant strain in Ontario.” “Hospitalizations have increased by nine per cent in the past week, and while the ICU occupancy remains stable, we anticipate that in the coming days and weeks we will start to see a greater impact of Omicron on hospitalizations and our intensive care units,” Moore said in a weekly briefing. Kieran Moore, Ontario’s public health chief, told reporters Tuesday hospitalizations and intensive-care admissions will also inevitably rise.īut it’s unclear how much they will rise compared to past surges, before widespread vaccination, he said, and the lack of serious illness among children means no change is contemplated for kids returning to classrooms in January. COVID-19’s Omicron variant is spreading so fast in Ontario that there will soon be more new daily cases than at any point in the 21-month pandemic.ĭr. ![]()
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