Premier Doug Ford said vaccinations will be open to all adults in 114 designated postal codes
Apr 12, 2021
Ontario is giving priority access to COVID-19 vaccines to some neighbourhoods that have been far less affected by the pandemic than other areas not designated as hot spots, data analysis by CBC News reveals.
Five postal code zones declared as hot spots have rates of COVID-19 cases, hospitalization and death that are actually below the provincial averages, according to data compiled by ICES, a research institute focused on health issues in Ontario.
The designation of hot spot gives people in those areas higher priority for vaccinations, despite their lower-than-average pandemic burden. More than 175,000 people live in the five postal codes zones, four of them in ridings represented by Progressive Conservative MPPs.
CBC’s review of the data identified seven postal code zones that have felt a greater impact from COVID-19 as measured by the province’s official criteria, yet are not classed as hot spots. All are located in ridings held by the opposition parties.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-covid-19-vaccination-postal-code-hot-spots-1.5983155