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ARTICLE · 03 NOVEMBER 2021

Ontario Won't Require Student Immunization Against COVID-19

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On October 28, 2021, Dr. Kieran Moore, the Chief Medical Officer of Health stated that the province will not require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19...

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On October 28, 2021, Dr. Kieran Moore, the Chief Medical Officer of Health stated that the province will not require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend school and will not add the vaccine to its list of mandatory immunizations, which includes illnesses such as polio and measles.

Dr. Moore indicated that the vaccine will not be integrated into the Immunization of School Pupils Act "at present".

"We have to look at the trends and the ongoing threat of this virus. If it persists season after season and is an ongoing threat, at that point we would review with government the integration of COVID vaccination status into the (law). At present our goal was to improve outbreak management within the school settings and to enable local public health agencies to have the data they need at their fingertips to be able to respond to outbreaks."

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