Wellesley Institute reported that areas in Ontario with higher rates of COVID-19 tend to have lower rates of vaccination, and that this pattern is greatest in the City of Toronto. Since the publication of that analysis, the Province of Ontario has asked public health units to increase vaccination efforts in COVID-19 “hot spots”; the 114 forward sortation areas (FSAs) with the highest rates of infection.
The change, which took place on April 7, aimed to get vaccines to the places they are most needed. This report analyzes the impact of this change in vaccination strategy on vaccine equity.