Earlier this week the Food and Drug Administration gave full approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in the US. The following is a media release from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) addressing the COVID-19 crisis in Africa and the devastating lack of vaccines.

RNAO has led the call for mandatory vaccination of workers in health-care and education and has pushed for enacting vaccine certificates in the province. Mandatory vaccination is already under way in key sectors, but much work remains. We are calling on the Ontario government to make an announcement on vaccine certificates on Monday.

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RNAO issued the following media release upon announcement of the Ontario government’s plan for reopening of schools on August 3, 2021.

RNAO has lead the advocacy for mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for healthcare workers in Ontario. Drawing on experts, in this article we explore the issues and challenges involved and the way forward.