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- City officials and staff will observe 96 seconds of silence in City Hall’s Peace Garden. The Peace Garden was dedicated by The Queen in 1984 during a visit to City Hall.
As of this morning, the City of Toronto and Team Toronto vaccination partners have administered a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to more than 50 per cent of Torontonians age 16 to 19.
The City is reminding all residents to follow provincial regulations, City bylaws and @TOPublicHealth advice to help protect against the spread of #COVID19. Limit non-essential travel, wear a mask, maintain a physical distancing and get vaccinated as soon as possible.
The City continues to assist and protect people experiencing homelessness through #COVID19 immunization, an increased focus on infection and prevention control (IPAC) measures in the shelter system, a pilot COVID-19 rapid testing program for new admissions.
The newly launched “VaxTO” campaign to connect residents with #COVID19 vaccination appointments and info continues to roll out. Starting today, nearly 650,000 broadcast voice message calls from @johnTory will be sent to phones in priority neighbourhoods.
The City of Toronto and Team Toronto vaccination partners have launched a “Homebound Sprint” to deliver first doses of COVID-19 vaccine to all remaining homebound Toronto residents.
The City of Toronto today announced that ActiveTO major weekend road closures occurring this Saturday and Sunday will include part of Lake Shore Boulevard East and roads within High Park.
This Victoria Day long weekend, the City of Toronto is encouraging residents to get vaccinated as part of the Long Weekend Dose Drive across the network of nine City-run immunization clinics.
All Toronto residents 18 and older are eligible to get vaccinated. During this Long Weekend Dose Drive, approximately 7,799 appointments are available between today and Monday in the provincial vaccine booking system.
Today, the @ONgov announced it is opening COVID-19 vaccination eligibility to anyone age 12 and older. The City of Toronto will be opening vaccination appointments for City-run immunization clinics to youth age 12 to 17 as of 8 a.m. on Sunday, May 23.
The City of Toronto is working to open splash pads, following the Province of Ontario’s announcement that these amenities can open effective Saturday, May 22.
This Sunday, May 23, the City of Toronto is partnering with @UHN to host a pop-up vaccination clinic in the Rotunda at City Hall, which can be accessed from Nathan Philips Square.
This Victoria Day long weekend, the City of Toronto is encouraging all residents to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
Toronto Public Health is reporting 751 new cases of COVID-19 in Toronto today, however due to a technical issue with provincial laboratory data, today’s case count is likely over-reported. Case status data can be found at toronto.ca/home/covid-19/…
The City is opening more than 19,000 new vaccination appointments over the Victoria Day long weekend at City-operated immunization clinics. More than 4,750 additional appointments are being added each day this coming Victoria Day Weekend, including Fri, Sat, Sun and Mon.
Today the City was able to add more than 17,000 new appointments spread across five City-operated clinics for the week of May 10 due to confirmed additional vaccine supply. With this added supply, City clinics can administer approximately 98,000 vaccine doses between May 10 to 16
This afternoon, 2,430 new vaccination appointments between May 10 to 12 at the immunization clinic at Malvern Community Recreation Centre in Scarborough were added to the provincial vaccine booking system.
Together, PayIt and the City of Toronto will design a digital experience and platform which will enable residents, businesses and visitors to Toronto to make payments to the City, starting this fall with property taxes, utility bills, and parking violations.
The City’s ability to offer first dose vaccination appointments and administer vaccine at City-operated immunization clinics is dependent on vaccine supply from the Province of Ontario and the Government of Canada.