Ontario is opening up eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines to everyone aged 18 and older a week ahead of schedule, the province said Monday, as public health units reported another 2,170 cases of the illness. Ontario expects 2.2 million more doses of vaccines to arrive this week ahead of the Victoria Day long weekend. Officials say they are working with health units, school boards and First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities to finalize the details. Labs completed 24,498 tests for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, and Public Health Ontario reported a provincewide positivity of 7.9 per cent. This week, Ontario is shifting gears in its distribution of vaccines, with doses being sent to public health units solely on a per capita basis.

Source: CBC News May 17, 2021 11:42 UTC