Ontario Launching School-based Vaccine Clinics as Students Return to In-person Learning
Additional Protections Include Expanded Rapid Antigen Testing and High-Quality Masks for Staff and Students
With elementary and high school students returning to in-person learning on January 17, Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, was joined by Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health to announce the launch of school-based vaccine clinics for youth and staff, along with a significant deployment of rapid antigen tests. These new measures build on the province providing millions of high-quality masks for staff and students and thousands more HEPA filtration units.