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thousands Tuesday to book long-awaited <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220410085016/https://globalnews.ca/tag/covid/">COVID-19</a> vaccines for their young kids, with many expressing relief at finally having the shots in their calendars.</p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220410085016im_/https://d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net/70c8fc80" style="position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px" referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade"> <p>More than 68,000 COVID-19 vaccine appointments for kids aged five to 11, and those turning five this year, were booked by 10 a.m., a spokeswoman for Premier Doug Ford said in a social media post. That figure doesn’t include bookings through individual health units, pharmacies and primary care sites offering the shots.</p><p>The online booking portal officially opened for appointments at 8 a.m., though some eager parents reported they were able to sign on slightly earlier.</p><div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="readmore"> <p class="c-readmore"> <span class="c-readmore__label"><strong>Read more: </strong></span> <a class="c-readmore__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220410085016/https://globalnews.ca/news/8396713/1st-pediatric-covid-vaccine-doses-administered-canada/" data-track-region="content-read-more" title="Children in Toronto 1st in Canada to receive pediatric COVID-19 vaccine, local officials say"> Children in Toronto 1st in Canada to receive pediatric COVID-19 vaccine, local officials say </a> </p> </div><p>Toronto mom Kate Southwell said she started checking online early and managed to get in by 7 a.m., with a shot booked for her five-year-old son for Thursday afternoon — the earliest date the province has said it expects to start administering the shots.</p> <div class="c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky"> <div class="c-ad__label">Story continues below advertisement</div> <div id="gpt-ad-300250-10" class="c-ad__unit" data-ad-pos="10"> </div> <script> if ( typeof( gn_monetize ) !== 'undefined' && typeof( gn_monetize.Ads ) !== 'undefined' && gn_monetize.Ads.initialRequestMade() ) { // Ads script has been loaded, create the ad. gn_monetize.Ads.create( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-10","lazy":false,"targeting":{"pos":10,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-10"},"companion":false} ); } else { // if Ads script not yet loaded, queue up ad data for initialization. var gnAdSettings = gnAdSettings || {}; gnAdSettings.ads = gnAdSettings.ads || []; gnAdSettings.ads.push( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-10","lazy":false,"targeting":{"pos":10,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-10"},"companion":false} ); } </script> </div> <p>Southwell said the appointment is a relief for her family members, who have been sticking within their small bubble while they wait for pediatric vaccines, even as the adults were vaccinated against the virus.</p><p>“He’s really excited to hug his friends and teachers again,” she said of her son Scott, who is eager to get immunized despite some nervousness about needles.</p><p>“He’d really hoped that the kids vaccine would be a lollipop instead of the needle,” she said. “But we just got his flu shot several weeks ago and took a video of him right afterwards saying that it didn’t hurt at all, so we’ve just been playing that video for him over and over again.”</p><div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="readmore"> <p class="c-readmore"> <span class="c-readmore__label"><strong>Read more: </strong></span> <a class="c-readmore__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220410085016/https://globalnews.ca/news/8392179/ontario-covid-vaccine-children-5-11-appointments-booking/" data-track-region="content-read-more" title="COVID-19 vaccine appointments for Ontario kids 5 to 11 can be booked starting Tuesday"> COVID-19 vaccine appointments for Ontario kids 5 to 11 can be booked starting Tuesday </a> </p> </div><p>People can also book by phone, through local public health units using their own booking systems and at some pharmacies and primary care providers.</p><p>Parents or decision makers for children will usually have to provide consent at the their vaccine appointments or fill out a paper consent form, which the province has said will be available online or at clinics.</p><p>Health Minister Christine Elliott said 400,000 doses of the pediatric Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine were expected Monday, with more than 600,000 more to come in a later shipment.</p> <div class="c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky"> <div class="c-ad__label">Story continues below advertisement</div> <div id="gpt-ad-300250-11" class="c-ad__unit" data-ad-pos="11" loading="lazy"> </div> <script> if ( typeof( gn_monetize ) !== 'undefined' && typeof( gn_monetize.Ads ) !== 'undefined' && gn_monetize.Ads.initialRequestMade() ) { // Ads script has been loaded, create the ad. gn_monetize.Ads.create( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-11","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":11,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-11"},"companion":false} ); } else { // if Ads script not yet loaded, queue up ad data for initialization. var gnAdSettings = gnAdSettings || {}; gnAdSettings.ads = gnAdSettings.ads || []; gnAdSettings.ads.push( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-11","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":11,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-11"},"companion":false} ); } </script> </div> <p>The National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommends children receive the vaccine at least 14 days before or after another vaccine like a flu shot to better monitor for side effects. A spokeswoman for the health minister said Ontario is following that guidance, but people who want to receive two different vaccines within the 14-day window “may do so with informed consent.”</p><div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="tp_video"> <div class="c-video c-videoPlay " data-iframe-receiver data-autoplay="" data-displayinline-featured="false" data-displayinline-type="video" data-displayinline-player-id="miniplayer_8395943_62529a48d2ef8" data-displayinline-video-id="8395943" data-displayinline-ratio="16:9" data-displayinline="https://globalnews.ca/video/embed/8395943/#autoplay&stickyiframe=miniplayer_8395943_62529a48d2ef8" data-displayinline-sticky="true"> <div class="c-video__inner"> <span class="c-video__placeholder"> <img class="c-video__image" alt="Click to play video: 'COVID-19 vaccine booking begins for kids aged 5 to 11 in Ontario'" width="632" height="356" 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</figcaption> </div><p>In Norfolk County, Teri Mackinnon had trouble accessing her local health unit’s booking portal, but after waiting a few hours she was able to book a Dec. 3 shot for her 10-year-old daughter Emma.</p> <section id="content-dynamic-trending-stories" class="l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape" aria-label="Dynamic trending stories section"> <div class="l-inlineStories__heading"> <span class="l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough">Trending Stories</span> </div> <ul class="c-posts c-posts--inline"> <li class="c-posts__item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220410085016/https://globalnews.ca/news/8742798/xe-variant-covid-19-health-canada/" class="c-posts__inner"> <div class="c-posts__media l-relatedStories__media"> <img class="c-posts__thumbnail" 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loaded, create the ad. gn_monetize.Ads.create( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-12","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":12,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-12"},"companion":false} ); } else { // if Ads script not yet loaded, queue up ad data for initialization. var gnAdSettings = gnAdSettings || {}; gnAdSettings.ads = gnAdSettings.ads || []; gnAdSettings.ads.push( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-12","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":12,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-12"},"companion":false} ); } </script> </div> <p>“It’s so much better just to know that it’s finally come for them,” Mackinnon said by phone. “This is kind of a means to an end for them, where they get to have more of a life again.”</p><p>The Opposition New Democrats also raised concerns in the legislature about parents who were unable to make appointments for more than one child at the same date, time or location.</p><div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="tp_video"> <div class="c-video 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could have been avoided. There shouldn’t be more roadblocks for families. 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