It is unknown if there is any link between the death and the vaccine. CP24 Toronto's Breaking News CP24 Toronto's Breaking News Ontario's COVID-19 death toll surpassed 5,000 on Monday as officials in several parts of Canada expressed concerns about the ability of their health networks to handle a rising tide of cases. As of Monday, July 6, Toronto Public Health will be reporting Toronto COVID-19 case numbers on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays only. All long-term care homes in Ottawa, Durham Region and Simcoe Muskoka have also received the first dose. People who received the Moderna vaccine will receive their second dose after 28 days. Swansea Junior and Senior Public School is seen in this photo. Each tray contains approximately 975 doses. CP24 Toronto's Breaking News Ontario reported 2,998 new COVID-19 cases and 100 new deaths on Friday, including 46 fatalities that occurred earlier in the pandemic but were just confirmed in the London-Middlesex area. The least thing you could do in Kalamazoo where the Pfizer plant is- great relationship building- give us a million vaccines. As of 8 p.m. on Monday, more than 224,000 doses of vaccines have been administered across the province since the first doses were administered in mid-December. Today, Dr. […] According to public health officials, more than 83,000 of those doses were administered to long-term care home residents and staff, over 25,000 to retirement home residents and staff and more than 99,000 to health-care workers in other sectors. Major COVID-19 vaccination site opens at Metro Toronto Convention Centre cp24.com The first COVID-19 vaccination site not hosted in an Ontario hospital or long-term care home opens today in Toronto’s Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The provincial government already faced a five per cent cut in vaccines from 83 to 80 trays this week due to the delay. Those who received the Pfizer vaccine inside long-term care and high-risk retirement homes will receive the second dose in 21 to 27 days. CP24 - Toronto's Breaking News for the GTA, with CP24 Breakfast, Sports, Video, Traffic Times and Weather and more. And therefore, in the first quarter- our Phase one- we will have the same number of vaccines allocated to us that we expected all along and that we've been planning to use," Hillier said during a press conference on Tuesday afternoon. Pfizer’s facility is undergoing modifications in the coming weeks to increase the number of doses it can ship, according to Pfizer Canada. cp24.com Today, Mayor John Tory, Councillor Joe Cressy (Spadina-Fort York), Chair, Toronto Board of Health, Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health Dr. Eileen de Villa and Fire Chief and General Manager of the Office of Emergency Management Matthew Pegg provided an update on […] Two doses of the same vaccine are required for full immunization. Last week, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams updated the guidance on the interval between the two doses. cp24.com - Ontario reported more than 4,400 new COVID-19 cases over the past two days, setting a new single-day high on Tuesday with more than 2,550 new … Ontario sets new daily record for COVID-19 cases yet The Canadian government announced on Tuesday morning that the country is not going to get any shipments of Pfizer vaccines next week. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said today that he's "angry at the situation" that other countries seem to be getting more shipments of the vaccine compared to Canada. News Release December 16, 2020 The City of Toronto continues to respond to COVID-19. A long-term care home in Scarborough in the grips of a COVID-19 outbreak has recorded two more deaths as a result of the disease. Last week, the government said that they hope to administer at least one dose of the vaccine to all residents and staff in all long-term care homes across the province by Feb. 15. I'd be outside that guy's house. First round of vaccinations complete at LTC homes in hot spots. There are 170 people hospitalized, with 41 in ICU. … View on cp24.com The Province of Ontario’s state of emergency and stay-at-home order remain in effect for Toronto and across the province. COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto Disease COVID-19 Virus strain SARS-CoV-2 Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada First outbreak Wuhan, Hubei, China Index case Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto Arrival date … Dec 29, 2020, 7:51 AM Canada's coordinator of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Maj. Gen. Dany Fortin, said Canada's shipments of the vaccine will be cut by nearly one-fifth this week and drop to zero next week during a press conference. None of the students have tested positive for COVID-19 thus far, the TDSB said. The government said the allocation of doses remains the same with the priority to inoculate long-term care and high-risk retirement homes and northern, fly-in First Nation communities first. Toronto's Hot Docs Cinema is among the theatres that will offer virtual screenings of "76 Days" on Jan. 23, the one-year anniversary of the start of the COVID lockdown in Wuhan. Their last contact with the positive case was on Sept. 18. The proof-of-concept clinic is supposed to serve as a guideline for how shots should be administered in non-medical settings starting this spring. Meanwhile, the Office of the Chief Coroner said it is investigating after a resident of a Windsor retirement home died after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Today, Mayor John Tory, Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Eileen de Villa, and Toronto Fire Chief and General Manager of the City’s Office of Emergency Management, Matthew Pegg, provided an update on the City’s measures to combat the resurgence of the virus in Toronto. News Release December 9, 2020 The City of Toronto continues to respond to COVID-19. cp24.com Ontario’s first major COVID-19 vaccine … cp24.com In the first two weeks of February, provincial health officials said they are expecting a 55 per cent cut and 45 per cent cut in doses during the weeks of Feb. 1 and Feb.8, respectively. Today provincial health officials said the clinic will resume vaccinations once more doses arrive possibly by mid- February or March. Provincial health officials also announced today that the first round of vaccinations has been completed at all long-term care homes in the hot spots of Toronto, Peel Region, York Region and Windsor-Essex ahead of the Jan. 21 target. Today, Mayor John Tory, Medical Officer of Health Dr. Eileen de Villa and Toronto Fire Chief and General Manager of the Office of Emergency Management Matthew Pegg, provided an update on the City’s measures to combat the resurgence of the virus […] According to the Toronto District School Board, there are about 24 students in the class. According to the school board, the classroom has since been disinfected. Last Updated Friday, September 25, 2020 8:49AM EDT All students and staff in a Toronto kindergarten class have been forced to self-isolate after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19. Pfizer and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines are the only shots that have been approved by Health Canada so far. To date, there have been 1,105 COVID-19 deaths in Toronto. Every time he moved I'd be saying where's our vaccines? The City urges all people to respect the COVID-19 orders and stay home as much as possible to save lives by reducing […] THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette, Retired Gen. Rick Hillier, right, chair of the COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force and Ontario Premier Doug Ford give an update regarding the Ontario COVID-19 vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. Ontario Premier Doug Ford watches a health-care worker prepare a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a UHN vaccine clinic in Toronto … We need your support," Ford said during the press conference. As a result of the Pfizer delay, a pilot COVID-19 vaccination clinic that opened up on Monday at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre will have to pause vaccinations on Friday. Toronto – COVID-19 Update – Toronto Mayor John Tory, Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Eileen de Villa, Toronto Fire Chief and General Manager of the City’s Office of Emergency Management, Matthew Pegg will provide an update of the current situation in Toronto and the City’s response to COVID-19. One of seven kindergarten classes at Swansea Junior and Senior Public School, in the Windermere and Morningside avenues area in Toronto's west end, were told to self-isolate as of Wednesday evening at the direction of Toronto Public Health. On Friday, the Canadian government said that nearly half of the doses expected by Pfizer-BioNTech are delayed and will arrive in the next month.