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December 17, 2020   ·   0 Comments Written By ALYSSA PARKHILL LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER The Province has broken the record, after reporting more than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases for the first time on Tuesday since it all began earlier this year.  Ontario reported 2,275 on December 15, bringing a cumulative total of 144,396 cases across the province. 123,373 cases have been resolved and there have been 3,992 deaths.  Peel Reg...

December 17, 2020   ·   0 Comments By Sam Odrowski Ontario delivered the first COVID-19 vaccine in Canada on Monday (Dec. 14), marking a historic day for the country’s fight against the novel coronavirus. Antia Quidangen, a personal support worker at a long-term care home in Toronto was first to receive the shot and over 2,500 other health care workers are getting vaccinated in the coming weeks. Premier Doug Ford recognized Quidange...

COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force provides update Saying details regarding the location and timing of the vaccine are forthcoming pending provincial confirmation Dec 16, 2020 2:44 PM By: KitchenerToday Staff ************************* The Region of Waterloo COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force is working to ensure a safe, secure, efficient and equitable plan is in place for delivery of the COVID-19 immunization program. Aligned with Provincial direction, ...

iPolitics By Iain Sherriff-Scott. Published on Dec 14, 2020 2:23pm Ontario Premier Doug Ford greets the arrival of the first COVID-19 vaccines to reach Canada on Dec. 13. (Photo supplied by the premiers office) Ontario Premier Doug Ford hailed the first COVID-19 vaccinations to arrive in the province as a “watershed moment” on Monday, but urged residents to remain patient while case numbers approach a record high. “This is the biggest immunization program in a century, and our...

Posted: Dec 15, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 15, 2020 The first phase of Ontarios COVID-19 vaccination program focuses on health-care workers and long-term care home residents, but many people with chronic health conditions that put them at greater risk from the virus dont know whether theyll be a priority in the next phase.(Carlos Osorio/Reuters)

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 tod...

Last Updated: Dec 14, 2020 2:59 PM The first Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered to frontline healthcare workers in Ontario. Premier Doug Ford says it’s a historic day for the Province and Canada. He recognized Anita Quidangen, the first person in Ontario and Canada to get the shot. She is a personal support worker from the Rekai Centre in Sherbourne Place, a long term care home in Toronto. “She has worked tirelessly to care for some of our most vulnerable, both throughout this pa...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On December 9, 2020, just nine months after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a global pandemic, Health Canada authorized the first COVID-19 vaccine for use in Canada. This milestone, which may soon be followed by other vaccine approvals, is a crucial step towards a distribution campaign that will reach from coast to coast to coast. Vaccine mobilization will involve a sign...

Article content As Ontario recorded Monday 23 deaths and 1,940 daily cases, its second-highest of the pandemic, provincial health officials administered the first vaccinations to frontline health care workers in downtown Toronto. Premier Doug Ford called the first jab in the province to a personal support worker an historic moment in the province’s ongoing fight to eliminate the COVID-19 virus. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. First frontline work...

This, according to Ontario Premier Doug Ford. “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 in a statement on Monday. “I would especially like to recognize Anita Quidangen, the first person in Ontario and Canada, to receive the shot. Anita is a personal support worker (PSW) from the Rekai Centre at Sherbourne Place, a long-term care home in Toronto. She has ...