Ontario is reporting 3,056 cases of #COVID19 and nearly 73,900 tests completed. Locally, there are 903 new cases in Toronto, 639 in Peel, 283 in York Region, 162 in Durham and 152 in Ottawa.
As of 8:00 p.m. yesterday, 189,090 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) January 16, 2021
64% of Canadians in favour of mandatory coronavirus vaccines: poll
One month since the start of coronavirus vaccinations in Canada, there is growing support for COVID-19 vaccines, with a majority of Canadians in favour of making the shots mandatory.
According to a new Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News, 64 per cent of Canadians think the inoculations should be made compulsory. Meanwhile, 72 per cent say they would personally take a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as they could, without hesitation – a number that has gone up 20 points since November.
Norway warns of vaccination side-effects, deaths in some patients over 80 – 13 Dead
The Norwegian Medicines Agency on Thursday reported a total of 29 people had suffered side effects, 13 of them fatal. All the deaths occurred among patients in nursing homes and all were over the age of 80.
