The federal vaccine supply appears stable. The provincial website to schedule vaccinations seems to be functioning well. Multiple vaccination locations are opening up rapidly across the city.

Now, as we are prioritizing ages where most deaths have occurred, who would have thought that our biggest problem would be getting people to sign up?

Residents 80 and older in Toronto were able to start booking website appointments starting March 15. When not enough did, the age limit was lowered to 75. Today, with thousands of openings still sitting …

At this point in our year-long war against COVID, we’re winning some battles but losing others.

Vaccinations in long-term care homes have been overwhelmingly successful in preventing deaths and serious illness. And, if we were still only battling the original form of the virus, we’d be looking at a continued decline in cases. The reproduction rate for classic COVID is less than one – meaning that each case, on average, infects less than one new person.

But, as predicted, the much more transmissible variants are taking over, …

For Willowdale residents, the greater eligibility coincides with the opening of a COVID vaccination clinic at Mitchell Field Community Centre (Church Ave., just east of Yonge) this Monday. My office has been working with city staff to make sure the opening runs as smoothly as possible.

If you have an appointment booked at Mitchell Field, please note the following:

If you are able to walk or take transit, please do so
Please do not arrive well ahead of schedule because this can create parking problems and a longer …

Throughout the week, we’ve been bringing you information on how to get vaccinated as soon as we’ve received it. What follows is a recap of what we’ve already sent out this week, with some updates. We’ll continue to provide new information as it becomes available.

It looks like Toronto is now being allocated enough doses from the Province to vaccinate everyone 80 and over. This is defined as anyone born in 1941 or before, so that it includes those who won’t turn 80 until later in …

Although I don’t usually send out mid-week newsletters, there were a number of vaccination announcements today that many of you have asked about.

Although the Province decides which groups gets vaccinated in what order and is also in charge of the vaccine supply, Toronto has been asked to play a large role in actually getting needles into arms. The City has developed the capacity to administer a remarkable 970,000 doses a month, dependent on an adequate supply from the Province. With that qualifier, today’s news was …

News about the supply of vaccines continued to be positive this week even as the rollout remained plagued by ever-changing information about how, when, and where to get your shots – especially if you live in Toronto.

Last week, Ontario announced the March 15 opening of a website through which residents could start booking vaccination appointments, starting with those aged 80 and over, gradually moving lower in 5-year increments. Within days, much of that information was out of date as health units outside Toronto set up …