It may not be time for Londoners to get their second vaccine dose just yet.
Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said the age requirements for second dose booking could be removed, but that may not be the case in the London area.
"We're not through our first doses at this point, and we're still looking to get additional people booked into first doses," said Medical Officer of Health Dr. Chris Mackie at a Thursday afternoon virtual media update. "So we're not ready to move towards anyone being able to rebook their second doses earlier at this point."
"I see that happening sometime over the next month or so," he added
As of May 29, more than 282,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in Middlesex-London. Nearly 57% of the adult population has received their first dose, but only about 3.7% have received two doses.
London's case count is declining as the number of vaccinated people in the community goes up. Only 18 cases were reported on Thursday.
"We're not going to rush to rebook everybody with their second doses earlier, until we're sure we've got as many first doses in arms as we can," Mackie said.
London will receive roughly 27,000 Pfizer doses next week, and 1,000 Moderna doses.
When asked about the province's decision to keep schools closed for the rest of the year, Mackie said they expect more young people to be vaccinated this summer.
"Two doses is what we want students to have before schools start to get back to normal," Mackie said. "By the time September hits, you'll likely have a sub population of students who are not vaccinated yet, so you'll likely have a lot of the precautions that we've had remain in place."