Liberal MPs in Toronto’s hot spots ramp up outreach to support mass immunization, address hesitancy

The province should have targeted vaccines to hot-spot neighbourhoods earlier, before Toronto was ‘on fire’ with COVID cases, says Liberal MP Judy Sgro.

Liberal MPs represent all but one of the 20 federal ridings in Toronto, home to 53 of the province’s hot spots for targeted vaccinations. From left, Liberal MPs Rob Oliphant, Liberal MP Ali Ehsassi, Judy Sgro, and Jean Yip.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, file

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

May 6, 2021

Toronto MPs representing hot spots say the city responded well to mass vaccinations targeting neighbourhoods at highest risk of infection, and say they’ve been ramping up their outreach to aid the effort. In April, Ontario desig...

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