Niagara Health Expanding Vaccine Statistics

Thursday, 2 September 2021 05:34

By Tami Jeanneret

Will now report whether COVID patients are vaxed or not

Niagara Health serving notice it has started publicly reporting the vaccination status of admitted patients with COVID-19 currently in hospital.

Officials say to protect patients’ confidentiality they will only report on vaccination status when there are six or more admitted patients with COVID-19.

Niagara Health says the move is designed to reinforce the importance of full vaccinations to try and blunt the fourth wave and keep everyone safe.

Right now there are 7 people in hospital with COVID-19 in Niagara, 6 of those are unvaccinated.

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