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Published: 15 Dec 2020 02:43 PM BdST
Updated: 15 Dec 2020 02:43 PM BdST Sandra Lindsay, left, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Centre, receives a COVID-19 vaccine, the first to be given outside of a trial in the US, from Dr Michelle Chester, at the medical centre in Queens on Monday, Dec 14, 2020. Mark Lennihan/Pool via The New York Times
During the applause, the celebratory elbow bumps, the camera flashes, Colette Cameron watched through tears as four of her colleagues got jabbed Monday with the country’s first coronavirus vaccinations. Then she removed her suit jacket to follow them herself.
Hamilton expected to be one of first Ontario cities to get COVID-19 vaccine, officials say
Ontario s medical officer of health says Hamilton may not have to wait long before it gets the COVID-19 vaccine.
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The medical officers of health for Ontario and Hamilton both say the vaccine should be in Hamilton soon
Posted: Dec 15, 2020 12:09 PM ET | Last Updated: December 15, 2020
Gisele Levesque, one of 229 residents at the CHSLD St-Antoine long-term care home, is injected with the Pfizer/BioNTEch COVID-19 vaccine in Quebec City on Dec. 14.(Pat Lachance/Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services)
Last Updated Tuesday, December 15, 2020 5:52AM EST A devastated Ontario family is pleading with people to take the threat of COVID-19 more seriously after a healthy father-of-two with no known pre-existing health conditions died after contracting the disease. Markham resident Joe Crupi died on Dec. 6 after battling COVID-19 since he was diagnosed in late October. His family believes the 65-year-old contracted the disease during an encounter at work. The family said a few days after testing positive, Crupi’s breathing became laboured and he was taken to Markham Stouffville Hospital for treatment. Before being sent home with antibiotics, he underwent a chest X-ray and received fluids because he was dehydrated.
The 475 employees at Pine Run, the health system-owned nursing home in Doylestown Township will also be included in the first round of vaccine recipients.
Pharmacy chains CVS, Walgreens, and Managed Health Care Associates Inc., are handling vaccinations for long-term care residents through a separate federal program.
Watson did not know when the health system would be receiving its next shipment or how many doses it would be.
“Shipment expectations are a mystery,” Watson said.
Jefferson Health s Abington Hospital in Montgomery County received word its shipment was delayed until Friday. In Philadelphia, the Einstein Health Network expected to receive its shipment Tuesday, too.
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Public Health Sudbury & Districts reported one new case of COVID-19 in Greater Sudbury on Monday.
The individual was a close contact with a confirmed case, and he or she is currently self-isolating.
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No other information was provided.
The health unit also reported a single case on Sunday, but none on Saturday.
In addition to the newly confirmed case, one more case of COVID-19 was resolved. There are currently nine active cases in the health unitâs service area.
Public Health has reported 246 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with 220 in Greater Sudbury, 13 in the Sudbury district, and 13 in the Manitoulin district. Two people in the region have died after contracting the virus.