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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 mo...

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 pandemic and since her first days as a PSW in 1988,” said the Premier. “Anita has spent years roll...

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 significant number of stakeholders and all levels of government. McCarthy Tétrault is closely monitorin...

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 workers receive COVID-19 vaccines in Ontario Back to video Monday’s first vaccinations are part and p...

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 worked tirelessly to care for some of our most vulnerable, both throughout this pandemic and since h...