December 14, 2020
A long-term care worker in Ontario is the first person in Canada to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Anita Quidangen received the first dose of the vaccine on Monday just after 12PM at the University Health Network in Toronto. Quidangen is a personal support worker (PSW) at the Rekai Centre at Sherbourne Place, also in Toronto.
The vaccine arrived in Hamilton by airplane from the U.S. on Sunday evening.
Several other health care workers also received the first of two doses today as well.
Premier Doug Ford calls the administration of the vaccine historic and a “watershed moment”
“Today is a historic day for Ontario and for Canada as the first Health Canada-approved COVID-19 vaccines have started to be given to our frontline health care heroes,” said Ford. “This is a watershed moment – the beginning of the end of this terrible pandemic. The light at the end of the tunnel grows brighter every day, but we must remain on our guard.”
COVID-19: First Pfizer vaccine in Canada given in Toronto, Perley and Rideau care home staff to receive vaccine Tuesday, Ontario reports 1,940 new cases
ottawasun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ottawasun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Caregiver who works with senior citizens receives first vaccine in Canada
nbcnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nbcnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
COVID-19 vaccine arrives at Ottawa Hospital
The first shipment of a COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in the capital, The Ottawa Hospital announced on Monday afternoon.
Social Sharing
CBC News ·
First shipment of COVID-19 vaccines arrives at The Ottawa Hospital
CBC News Ottawa4 months ago
0:53The Ottawa Hospital announced Monday that the first shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, containing 3,000 doses, had arrived at the hospital s Civic campus.0:53
The first shipment of a COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in the capital, The Ottawa Hospital announced Monday afternoon.
The shipment contains 3,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which will protect 1,500 people against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Each recipient must get two doses 21 days apart for full protection.