Starting at 8 a.m. on Monday (July 5), all Ontario children and youth aged 12 to 17 are eligible to book their second dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
Children and youth who book an appointment will receive the Pfizer vaccine, which is the only COVID-19 vaccine currently authorized by Health Canada for those aged 12 and over.
The provincial government originally planned to offer children and youth their second dose beginning the week of August 9th, but announced in mid-June the schedule would be accelerated.
Second doses can be booked through the provincial booking system at 1-833-943-3900, which is open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days per week, or by booking online at ontario.ca/bookvaccine.
Second doses can also be booked directly through public health units that use their own booking system and through participating pharmacies.
The Ontario government says it expects to receive around 3.54 million doses of Pfizer in July. During the first two weeks of July, the allocation will be 907,000 doses, down from the 1.7 million doses expected initially, with the remaining 2,637,000 Pfizer doses expected to arrive during the last two weeks of July.
