Vaccine deliveries are getting bigger but provinces still need time to have enough doses. Mia Rabson, Canadian Press
| Updated January 19, 2021
OTTAWA Canada’s vaccine deliveries are getting bigger almost every week but there won’t be enough doses shipped to provinces and territories to “ramp up” the vaccination program for another few months, Maj. Gen. Dany Fortin outlined on Thursday.
Fortin said deliveries of vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna will hit one million doses per week starting in April.
The confirmation aligns with plans made public Thursday by the Ontario government that it won’t be able to expand its vaccine program beyond the first four priority groups until April.
WINNIPEG The first resident of a personal care home in Manitoba has received the COVID-19 vaccine. Margaret Watson, a resident of the Extendicare Oakview Place in Winnipeg, received her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Monday morning. Watson, 94, said she is hopeful the vaccine will lead to some changes for her and other residents, noting she has largely been confined to her room during the pandemic. “I’ll be so glad when it’s over,” she said. Watson said she is looking forward to “getting out” and visiting her family as soon as she is fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Winnipeg Free Press By: Dan Lett | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Monday, Jan. 11, 2021
Last Modified: 8:37 PM CST Monday, Jan. 11, 2021 | Updates
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It would not be wrong to describe the global COVID-19 pandemic as a war.
Death, destruction of the social and economic fabric of society, along with the fear and dread that comes with a mortal threat. Those who have been through actual military conflict may beg to differ, but for most of the rest of us, this is war.
It begs an important question: why aren t we using a wartime mindset to guide our response?
There has been an undeniable lack of urgency in many aspects that seems out of step with the scope and nature of the threat posed by COVID-19.
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Margaret Watson, 94, a resident at Oakview Place Long Term Care Residence, is all smiles after getting her COVID-19 vaccine. (John Woods / The Canadian Press)
Hope came with the prick of a needle for Margaret Watson.
Hope came with the prick of a needle for Margaret Watson.
The 94-year-old became the first Winnipeg care home resident to receive a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine. Ouch. Oh my gosh, Watson said, then smiled, seconds after getting her first dose of the vaccine at Oakview Place Monday morning.
Watson said she was surprised when she found out she would be the first Winnipegger, who isn’t a health-care worker, to be immunized.