UPDATE: Ontario will administer the province’s first COVID-19 vaccine today

The Ontario government 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.

Canada’s first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine landed in Montreal Sunday night.

“This is good news. But our fight against COVID-19 is not over,” said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a tweet.

Premier Doug Ford was on hand as the vaccines arrived in Hamilton.

“The province has been preparing for this day for months and we are ready for the road ahead. It’s time to start vaccinating Ontarians. It’s time to put an end to the COVID-19 pandemic,” said a statement from Ford’s office.

Last night, I was in Hamilton to oversee the first shipments of the Pfizer vaccines as they touched down in Ontario.

We have been preparing for this day for months and we are ready for the road ahead. Launching our vaccination program will finally put an end to COVID-19. pic.twitter.com/XPGK0emKVR

— Doug Ford (@fordnation) December 14, 2020

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.

Ford has said health-care workers, long-term care residents, and their caregivers will be among the first to receive the vaccine.