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COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force Reply to OAC Letter

COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force Reply to OAC Letter

February 8, 2021

The OAC received a letter from General (Ret’d) Rick Hillier, Chair of the COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force in reply to the OAC’s January 24, 2021 letter, which advocated for health care professionals and administrative staff working in community cardiology clinics to be prioritized within the provincial government’s vaccine distribution plan.

The OAC also proposed the Task Force give consideration to using Ontario’s community cardiology clinic infrastructure to assist the provincial government meet its mass vaccine distribution objectives, beginning with high-risk populations (e.g. cardiac patients) and extending to all members of the general public at the appropriate time.

To read the response, click here: https://bit.ly/3dqt7df.

For more information, please contact the OAC office at:

Ontario Association of Cardiologists
34 Eglinton Ave. West
Suite 410
Toronto, Ontario
M4R 2H6
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.ontarioheartdoctors.ca

 

 

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