Ontario health units are ramping up youth vaccination efforts, using prizes and social media, as the window quickly closes for students to be fully immunized by the time school starts.Youth aged 12 to 17 have the lowest overall vaccination rate of any eligible age cohort in the province.
Just over 64 per cent have one shot and 41 per cent are fully vaccinated, with variation across different regions.Barry Pakes, a University of Toronto professor in public health, said many families are busy with other activities in the summer and may not realize they have just a few days to get their first shot in order to be fully vaccinated by the start of September.