It will be a few more months before local daycare staff and early childhood educators are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Doctor Kit Young Hoon is the Medical Officer of Health for the Northwestern Health Unit and says that while they are included in phase two of the provincial plan, they fall into the second of two groups.
“ECE’s, educaiton staff, child care staff fall into the second group,” says Young Hoon, “It’s estimated they’ll become eligible for vaccination in June.”
While schools are closed to in-person learning for the foreseeable future, child care centres remain open and are currently providing emergency care for other front-line workers.
The province says they expect to vaccinate around nine million people in phase two, with phase three (anyone 16+ who hasn’t gotten vaccinated and wants to) scheduled to start in July.
