| Updated December 14, 2020
TORONTO Ontario’s first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine went to five “Rekai angels,” front-line workers from Toronto’s Rekai Centre nursing home.
“I’m excited because I’m the first one to get the vaccine,” personal support worker Anita Quidangen told a reporter on scene at University Health Network (UHN) in downtown Toronto.
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The room broke into applause after she received the shot.
“OK, who’s next?” asked Dr. Kevin Smith, UHN’s president and CEO.
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