COVID-19 vaccine rollout, possible variants of concerns and the likelihood of further lockdowns.Moore said as of Thursday, about 70 per cent of the region’s long-term care and high-risk retirement home residents have received the first dose of their vaccine, which equates to about 1,200 residents.About 800 others in the region — health-care workers and primary caregivers — have also received the vaccine.
Kingston public health hopes to immunize 120,000 locals against coronavirus by fall Due to delays in vaccine deliveries, Moore said Kingston would not be meeting the goal of Feb.
5 to get all long-term care residents vaccinated. He also said that the Kingston region has been lower on Ontario’s priority list for vaccines due to its low.