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  TORONTO -- Ontario is expected to receive its first shipment of the newly approved Moderna COVID-19 vaccine by Wednesday and start administering it in long-term care homes this week, according to the chair of the province’s COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force. Retired General Rick Hillier made the announcement Tuesday morning and said the province does “not have the Moderna vaccine in our hands” yet but expects to receive about 50,000 doses in the next 24 hours. “We anticipate that Moderna will arrive tomorrow, and within 48 to 72 hours we will be vaccinating people in sev...

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...

Brighton, Ontario, Canada / Brighton Today.ca Dec 11, 2020 4:14 PM Ontario Begins Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccine next week, with Phase One going to vaccinate Frontline Health Care Workers. The Ontario government has developed a three-phase implementation plan to receive, store and administer COVID-19 vaccines to Ontarians as soon as they are received. Phase One will begin on Tuesday (Dec 15), with a pilot project in Toronto and Ottawa which will include the vaccination of over 2,500 health care workers with the Health Canada approved Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Details were provided today by Premie...

Ottawa's senior officials don't know yet whether any of the earlier-than-expected Pfizer vaccines announced by the federal government on Monday are heading to the nation's capital.