A year of COVID-19: Milestones and moments in an unforgettable year
On March 14, 2020, Newfoundland and Labrador reported what it knew was inevitable: its first case of COVID-19. We look back at 12 months like no other.
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12 months ago today, N.L. reported its first case of COVID-19. We look back at a year like no other
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Water Street in downtown St. John s was practically empty on the night of March 27 a Friday. (Paul Daly)
On March 14, 2020, Newfoundland and Labrador reported its first case of COVID-19. It triggered a mighty sequence of events that might have felt like a ton of bricks, dropping from nowhere: within a week, the province was in lockdown.
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Posted: Dec 19, 2020 6:00 AM NT | Last Updated: December 19, 2020
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HALIFAX Doctors, nurses and other front-line health-care workers on Wednesday were the first people in Atlantic Canada to be given the COVID-19 vaccine. Ellen Foley-Vick, a public health nurse in St. John s, N.L., received the province s first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at Memorial University, in a room full of socially distanced onlookers whose masks could not hide their smiles. Newfoundland and Labrador s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, administered the symbolic first vaccine and laughed as she put a bandage on Foley-Vick s arm. Premier Andrew Furey was also on hand to witness the first vaccinations, calling the event a generational moment.
Posted: Dec 16, 2020 2:13 PM NT | Last Updated: December 16, 2020
Newfoundland and Labrador s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, administered the province s first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in St. John s today.(Patrick Butler/Radio-Canada)