“If these basic measures continue to be ignored, the consequences will be more dire, the shutdown won’t end at the end of January, and we will have to look at more extreme measures,” he said.
“All of Ontario will be out of Pfizer vaccines by the end of next week,” he said, noting that on Jan. 7 alone, close to 15,000 people were vaccinated.
“I spoke with the prime minister last night about the need for a more reliable vaccine supply to meet our rapidly growing capacity,” Ford said.
“We’re all hopeful the federal government will get us more vaccines. Without them hospitals will have to start cancelling appointments, and all the progress we’ve made getting our daily vaccine numbers up will be lost as clinics stand by waiting for vaccines from the feds.”
On Jan. 7, Ford announced that schools in southern Ontario will remain closed for in-person learning until Jan. 25, a move he said was needed to protect students and staff from surging rates of COVID-19.
