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Ford noted the province still has the Moderna vaccine.
The existing supply will go to ensuring that residents of long-term care (LTC) homes and high-risk retirement homes get the second required dose in the most timely fashion, Elliott said.
The Pfizer vaccine requires two doses, and the recommendation is to space them three weeks apart.
Although Ontario initially retained two doses per person being vaccinated, the province later adopted the practice of other jurisdictions to inoculate more widely on the promise that more vaccine would arrive in time for the second jab.
Ford said he wishes he had held back even more doses to ensure everyone could get a second dose on time.
Dr. David Williams, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, issued new instructions over the weekend for the second Pfizer dose.
“Long-term care and high-risk retirement home residents and their essential caregivers, who have received their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine, will receive their second dose in 21 to 27 days,” the instructions say.
“Staff who were vaccinated within the homes at the same time as the residents will also follow the same schedule. For individuals who received the Moderna vaccine, the dose schedule of 28 days will remain.
“All other recipients of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine must receive their second dose after 21 days and before 42 days,” the province now advises.
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