Ontario Makes COVID-19 Vaccinations Mandatory For Health, Education Workers

Ontario government has announced that COVID-19 vaccinations will be mandatory for those working in high-risk settings like hospitals, home and community care and schools.

For Those In Health Care:

 

According to the news release, the Chief Medical Officer of Health has issued a directive mandating hospitals and home and community care service providers to have a COVID-19 vaccination policy for employees, staff, contractors, students and volunteers, and for ambulance services to have a COVID-19 vaccination policy for paramedics.

The vaccination policy must be effective no later than September 7, 2021, and at a minimum will require these individuals to provide proof of one of three things:

  • Full vaccination against COVID-19;
  • A medical reason for not being vaccinated against COVID-19; or
  • Completion of a COVID-19 vaccination educational session.

Similar to the vaccination policy requirements currently in place for long-term care homes, individuals who do not provide proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 will be required to undertake regular antigen testing.

For Those in Schools:

In addition, the Ministry of Education also intends to introduce a vaccination disclosure policy for all publicly-funded school board employees, and staff in private schools as well as for all staff in licensed child care settings for the 2021-22 school year, with rapid antigen testing requirements for staff who are not immunized against COVID-19. The government is yet to announce more details on when and how this measure will be implemented.

Ontario is also extending eligibility to the Pfizer vaccine to children born in 2009. Starting on Wednesday, August 18, 2021, all children turning 12 years old before the end of 2021 will be eligible to receive their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and can book their appointment through the provincial booking system, through their public health unit, or pharmacies, or can walk-in to vaccination clinics across the province.

Other Areas:

Vaccination policies will also be implemented in other higher-risk settings such as:

  • Post-secondary institutions;
  • Licensed retirement homes;
  • Women’s shelters; and
  • Congregate group homes and day programs for adults with developmental disabilities, children’s treatment centres and other services for children with special needs, and licensed children’s residential settings.

Organizations implicated by the directive will have to follow existing Provincial Antigen Screening Program (PASP) processes to access government-provided rapid antigen screening kits, to be provided by the organization for individuals who are required to undertake regular antigen screening.

The Federal government also recently announced that all federal public service employees should be fully vaccinated as early as the end of September or risk losing jobs.

 

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    1. Mr Mrs Canada

      Tyranny… time to get rid of all these governments and their communist propaganda. My body my choice… We decide NOT politicians about our health. You work for US..Mandates are NOT law.. class action suits coming . Nuremberg code.
      Time to home school your children….. all school boards need to be wiped clean as well and put people in that have the children’s interest not Big Pharma.
      Wakeup Canada

      August 18, 2021 at 1:46 AM

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