Early Phase 1: December 2020
- Focus on acute care sites with the highest COVID-19 capacity concerns:
- Healthcare workers in intensive care units
- Respiratory therapists
- Staff in long term care (LTC) and designated supportive living (DSL) facilities
Phase 1A: January 2021
- Respiratory therapists
- Healthcare workers in intensive care units
- Staff in LTC and DSL facilities
- Home care workers
- Healthcare workers in emergency departments
- All residents of LTC and DSL facilities, regardless of age
- Healthcare workers in COVID-19 units, medical and surgical units and operating rooms
- Paramedics and emergency medical responders
Phase 1B: February 2021 (timeline subject to change depending on vaccine supply)
- Seniors 75 years of age and over, no matter where they live
- First Nations, Métis and persons 65 years of age and over living in a First Nations community or Metis Settlement
Phase 2: April to September 2021
- Work to identify sequencing for Phase 2 groups is underway. Decisions will be made in the coming weeks.
Phase 3: Fall 2021
- Anticipated start of roll-out to the general public
