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COVID-19: Ottawa mayor asks for ‘fair share’ of Ontario’s vaccine doses

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COVID-19 vaccine doses from the province.Jim Watson said at a press conference Friday afternoon that Ottawa, which started offering coronavirus vaccinations to those aged 75 and older on Monday, could be moving in-step with Toronto in inoculating residents aged 70-plus if it had more doses flowing into the city.Ottawa has received 5.7 per cent of the total vaccine doses distributed by the province to date, according to Watson’s math, despite having roughly seven per cent of Ontario’s population.

Ottawa moves to fix issues arising from Ontario COVID-19 vaccine booking system He acknowledged that areas in the GTA have been prioritized for vaccination as COVID-19 hotspots, but said Ottawa has pockets with similarly high rates of transmission.

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