Migrant farm workers could be offered COVID-19 vaccine at airport: Yaffe

Migrant farm workers arriving in Ontario this year may be offered COVID-19 shots at the airport.

Ontario’s associate medical officer of health says the province is discussing the plan with the federal government.

Dr. Barbara Yaffe says if Ottawa doesn’t offer on-arrival vaccination to the workers, the province probably will.

More than 1,780 temporary foreign workers tested positive for the virus in Ontario last year and three died from it.

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