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Elderly and at-risk inmates to receive COVID-19 vaccine on Friday

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COVID-19 vaccine.On Wednesday, the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) announced that as part of the first phase of the vaccine rollout plan, 600 older and medically vulnerable federal inmates will receive the shot, as recommended by the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI).The Union of Canadian Correctional Officers (UCCO) says the pilot project will see prisons receiving 1,200 doses of the vaccine — enough to vaccinate 600 inmates with the required two doses.

Federal inmates to start receiving coronavirus vaccinations this week, union says Premier Doug Ford voiced his displeasure with the vaccine plan during a COVID-19 briefing at Pearson Airport.“When I first heard it, I didn’t believe it,” Ford said.

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