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Homeless in Toronto shelters begin receiving COVID-19 vaccines in pilot program – CP24 Toronto’s Breaking News

A pilot project that aimed to vaccinate homeless people in Toronto’s shelters has been put on hold due to a vaccine shortage, local officials said Wednesday.

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TORONTO – A pilot project that aimed to vaccinate homeless people in Toronto’s shelters has been put on hold due to a vaccine shortage, local officials said Wednesday.
The rollout of the vaccine to the city’s 100 shelters was paused because of a shortage of the vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech, which announced last week it would delay the delivery of the COVID-19 vaccines to Canada due to production issues.
Dr. Stephen Hwang of St. Michael’s Hospital, which is helping run the project with the city and…

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