COVID-19 in Ontario has shifted to local public health units now that the federal government has approved Pfizer’s child-sized shot.Health Canada gave the mRNA vaccine the green light for use in young kids today, and Ontario’s government says it expects to receive the doses within the week.Public health units — which have been tasked with creating plans to vaccinate kids — are expected to set up school-based vaccination sites as supply becomes available.
COVID-19: Ontario ready to vaccinate kids aged five to 11 as soon as child-sized doses arrive Toronto Public Health, for instance, says hundreds of schools in the province’s most populous city will host clinics, but vaccines won’t be given out during class time.The city will also set up.