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Last Modified: 8:41 PM CST Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020
Toronto long-term care workers expressed relief and hope as they rolled up their sleeves to receive Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine at a downtown pilot vaccination clinic Tuesday, the first full day of inoculations.
Francesca Passer, a registered pharmacist technician carefully fills the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine at a vaccine clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Tuesday, December 15, 2020. Toronto-area long-term care workers expressed relief and hope as they rolled up their sleeves to receive Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine at a downtown pilot vaccination clinic Tuesday, the first full day of inoculations. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Canada has secured the earlier than expected arrival of more COVID-19 vaccine doses, a welcome bright light for health officials, but one they say won’t stop a growing surge in cases
before the holidays.
Across the country, the average number of daily new COVID-19 cases continued to climb on Tuesday and is up by more than 2,000 from just a month ago. In Ontario, hospitals have been told to activate emergency plans in anticipation of a spike in the number of COVID-19 patients.
Doctors answer 10 big questions about the COVID-19 vaccine
Five Ontario doctors weigh in on the vaccine s safety, allergies, the timeline for kids, and when we might actually get back to normal life. Photo: CARLOS OSORIO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
The first shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were administered on Monday in Canada. While it made for a historic moment, the vaccine’s arrival has also resulted in a lot of questions about its efficacy and nationwide availability. The Ontario Medical Association (OMA) hosted a virtual panel on Monday to address the top 10 questions doctors get asked about the vaccine. Moderated by Samantha Hill, OMA president, the panel gathered five doctors to discuss what to expect from the vaccine as it makes its way across the province in the coming days. While these answers are specific to Ontario, much of what they address will be helpful information, no matter where you live.
Province eager to receive Moderna s COVID-19 vaccine once approved by Health Canada
by Lucas Casaletto
Last Updated Dec 15, 2020 at 5:54 pm EDT
A Russian medic holds Russia s vaccine against COVID-19 disease at a policlinic in Moscow, Russia, 05 December 2020. On 05 December, Moscow began a program for mass vaccination against COVID-19 disease, caused by SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, using the Sputnik V vaccine. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV
Ontario’s vaccination boss says he and his team
are equally anxious to get the Moderna vaccine, and they are ready to roll it out.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Gen. Rick Hillier says how many residents will be inoculated with Moderna’s vaccine depends on how many come to Ontario from that first national shipment.
TORONTO More front-line health care workers received the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday morning as the mass immunization effort to end the coronavirus pandemic in Canada continued. In Ottawa, a personal support worker named Jo-Anne Miner was the first of a planned 100 people to get the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in the nationâs capital on Tuesday. She told reporters that she âfeels fineâ and hopes everyone who can gets immunized âto protect our most vulnerable.â In Toronto on Monday, five personal support workers from a long-term care home were the first in the province to get vaccines from an initial Ontario batch of 6,000 doses. Camera crews captured the landmark moment as Anita Quidangen became the first in the group to receive the potentially life-saving shot at the University Health Network.