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 today as well.
Premier Doug Ford calls the administration of the vaccine historic and a “watershed moment”
“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. “This is a watershed moment – the beginning of the end of this terrible pandemic. The light at the end of the tunnel grows brighter every day, but we must remain on our guard.”
Ontario administers first COVID-19 vaccine in Toronto
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated Dec 14, 2020 at 12:12 pm EDT
Shipments of initial doses of COVID-19 vaccines are arriving at selected ports of entry in Canada. This marks a historic day in Canada and an important step in our fight against COVID-19. The Government of Canada is delivering on its commitment to ensure that Canadians have access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Canadian Armed Forces-Cpl Matthew Tower MANDATORY CREDIT
TORONTO Ontario has administered the provinces’ first COVID-19 vaccination to a health-care worker from a Toronto nursing home.
Anita Quidangen, a personal support worker at the Rekai Centre, received the first dose at a hospital in the city, the province said.
Posted: Dec 14, 2020 11:46 AM ET | Last Updated: December 14, 2020
Speaking to reporters on Monday, Toronto Mayor John Tory said the responsibility to curb the spread of COVID-19 rests with us . collectively, all of us, without exception. (Cole Burston/Canadian Press)
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Canadian Press NewsAlert: Ontario to administer first COVID-19 vaccines today
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated Dec 14, 2020 at 9:14 am EDT
TORONTO Ontario says it will administer the province’s
first COVID-19 vaccination today.
Premier Doug Ford’s office says a health-care worker will receive the first dose at a hospital in Toronto.
The first shots will be administered at the University Health Network.
The province was to receive 6,000 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine this weekend, and plans to give them to approximately 2,500 health-care workers in the first phase of its immunization plan.
Half the shots will be administered this week and the other half will be intentionally held back to give the same workers a required second dose 21 days later.