Ontario adults 18+ eligible for COVID-19 boosters Monday
Posted Dec 20, 2021 12:03:42 PM.
All Ontario adults 18 years of age and older will be able to book their COVID-19 booster dose starting Monday morning.
However, reports from Vaccine Hunters Canada and those on social media on Sunday night and Monday morning indicated the booking portal on Ontario’s website was already open, allowing residents who became eligible Monday to book.
[ON] You awake, Ontario? Looks like the Ontario Health portal has opened early – some users are reporting they’ve been able to book their 18+ vaccines already.https://t.co/aEXf6m2sJ3#VHCDose3 #COVID19ON #vhcON pic.twitter.com/78iAgp3Hff
— Vaccine Hunters Canada (@VaxHuntersCan) December 20, 2021
City News has also heard from listeners who were not able to book an appointment before 8 a.m.
Appointments will be open to those who received their second dose three months ago (86 days) as the province ramps up its booster shot rollout.
Those 18 and older have been eligible to get their shot by walking in to pharmacies since Friday.
Adults 50 years of age and older have been eligible since Dec. 12. Eligibility for boosters for all adults was initially set for Jan. 4 but was moved up by the province last week in response to the highly transmissible Omicron variant.
Vaccine appointments can be made online through the province’s booking portal, over the phone through the provincial vaccine contact centre, or directly through participating pharmacies and hospital clinics.
COVID-19 vaccine doses have ramped up in the last week as cases surge in the province due to the Omicron variant and many scramble to get their booster shot.
