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Across Ontario, we’ve now administered over 10,000 vaccines to our frontline heroes and most vulnerable. We still have a long road ahead, but the light at the end of the tunnel grows brighter with every dose.

https://pm.gc.ca//12/24/statement-prime-minister-christmas

Merry Christmas

Securing the border and screening passengers are vital steps in fighting the second wave of COVID-19. We have to make sure we are checking people coming in to Ontario to make sure that they're not transmitting COVID-19 to the general population.

Update on personal protective equipment, vaccines, and therapeutics: Since last week, we’ve sent more than 2.9 million pairs of nitrile gloves to the provinces ...and territories. We’ve also sent out 4.6 million rapid tests over the past few months, and millions more are coming. We’re also moving forward when it comes to vaccines. We’ve received more than 24 million syringes and needles, and we’ll use those to administer a vaccine when we have one. On that front, we heard promising news yesterday about yet another potential vaccine - this one from AstraZeneca and Oxford University. We already have an agreement for up to 20 million doses of it. In terms of therapeutics, we’ve just signed an agreement for up to 26,000 doses of a therapeutic drug from Eli Lilly, and we have options for thousands more doses. This treatment was developed in partnership with Vancouver’s AbCellera Biologics. It’s part of our support for researchers here at home - and part of our plan to keep you safe.

Rapid tests will help us battle this deadly virus by helping to quickly identify and manage outbreaks. We are deploying these new rapid tests to areas of high transmission like long term care homes and rural/remote regions.