Ottawa hit a significant milestone in its COVID-19 vaccination marketing campaign over the weekend with 90 per cent of eligible residents having obtained no less than an preliminary dose of the vaccine.
Ottawa Public Well being’s COVID-19 vaccination dashboard confirmed in its replace Monday that 826,780 residents born in 2009 or later have now obtained no less than one shot.
Hitting the brink is a key step for the well being unit’s vaccination marketing campaign, which has set a aim for 90 per cent of residents to be totally vaccinated towards the virus.
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Up to now, 85 per cent of eligible residents have each doses of the vaccine, in keeping with the dashboard.
Some 78 per cent of the full inhabitants has no less than one dose, whereas 75 per cent of residents are totally vaccinated.
Ottawa’s youngest eligible demographic, these aged 12 to 17, reviews one-dose vaccination charges of 94 per cent and double-dose charges of 87 pre cent.
Up to now 81 per cent of these aged 18 to 39 have gotten no less than one dose of the vaccine.
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