Coronavirus: Ontario officials discuss ethical framework for COVID-19 vaccine distribution | FULL

Ontario’s associate chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe, alongside COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force members Dr. Dirk Huyer, coordinator for provincial outbreak response, and bioethicist Dr. Maxwell Smith, provided an update Wednesday on the province's Ethical Framework for COVID-19 vaccine prioritization and distribution.

Smith outlined the six guiding principles of the framework, which include minimizing harms and maximizing benefits, equity, fairness, transparency, legitimacy and public trust.

He said the principles "aim to enhance the consistency" in decision making, as well as stewardship of resources, accountability and public trust.

Ontario reported a single-day record of 2,923 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. The provincial total now stands at 178,831. Wednesday’s case count surpassed Tuesday’s case count of 2,553 new infections, which was the previous single-day high in the province.

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