Toronto health-care worker given Canada’s first COVID-19 vaccine

Five front-line health care workers in Toronto were the first people in Canada to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

The very first shot went to personal support worker Anita Quidangen, who works in a long-term care home.

It was amazing to watch Anita Quidangen, the first person in Ontario & Canada to receive the vaccine. Anita has worked tirelessly to care for some of our most vulnerable since her first days as a PSW in 1988. Thank you Anita for rolling up your sleeves to protect our province. pic.twitter.com/F41n0chuJ6

— Doug Ford (@fordnation) December 14, 2020

Federal Procurement Minister Anita Anand is expecting about 30,000 more doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to arrive this week and another shipment next week.

In Quebec City, Gisele Levesque, who lives in a long-term care home, became the first Quebecer to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.

Premier Francois Legault says the vaccination shows there is light at end of the tunnel.