TORONTO – Ontario’s top doctor says he and other health officials are planning a round COVID-19 The booster dose will be rolled out this fall.
The Department of Health’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr Kieran Moore, said preparations for the fall COVID-19 strategy were well underway, including vaccination, and that officials were experiencing a variety of other scenarios. like flu season outbreaks and new COVID variants.
In an interview, Moore said there will be another booster dose for those most at risk, with the possibility of later making it available to the general public.
He said he anticipates that by the fall, a new generation of vaccine will be available that targets both the original COVID strain and the more up-to-date strains already in circulation, such as for Omicron.
The province’s mask regulations for public transport and healthcare facilities are due to expire later this week – although hospitals say they will continue to require masks – but Moore said that there is an option to bring them back at the end of the year, if needed.
He said that if another wave of COVID-19 threatens the health system and its ability to tackle the surgical backlog, he could bring back the mask duty, but says he doesn’t think that any other public health measures will be needed against this virus again. .
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