Ontario is set to announce a highly anticipated COVID-19 vaccine certification system today.
Premier Doug Ford is scheduled to make the announcement this afternoon.
A government source has confirmed to The Canadian Press that Ford will announce a COVID-19 proof-of-vaccination program, which has been a contentious issue for the province.
Several regional public health officers have called for the provincewide system but the government has so far been reluctant to introduce the program.
Ford will be joined at the 1 p.m. news conference by Health Minister Christine Elliott and Dr. Kieran Moore, the province’s chief medical officer of health.
Meanwhile, the leaders of 14 hospitals in Ontario’s central region have come up with a joint COVID-19 vaccination policy that they say will ultimately lead to unpaid leave or termination for unvaccinated staff.
