By Caribbean News Global 
TORONTO, Canada – On December 14, Ontario administered the first COVID-19 vaccine in Canada to Anita Quidangen, a front line health care worker, and one of the 2,500 health-care workers to be vaccinated.
This follows the announcement of approximately 6,000 doses the first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine that arrived in Canada, on Sunday. Prime minister Justin Trudeau said via Twitter, “This is good news. But our fight against COVID-19 is not over. Now more than ever, let’s keep up our vigilance.”
The first batch of doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Canada. pic.twitter.com/xSvwkRROKo
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) December 14, 2020
Premier Doug Ford in a statement Monday, on the first COVID-19 vaccinations being administered to frontline health care workers in Ontario and in the country said:
“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. 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 her first days as a PSW in 1988. Anita has spent years rolling up her sleeves to protect our province, and today, she didn’t hesitate to find a new way to do so. She represents the best of the Ontario Spirit,” premier Ford said.
This milestone officially launches the first phase of three-phase vaccine implementation plan to keep Ontarians safe and marks the beginning of the long journey to return life back to normal, premier Ford acknowledge.
“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. I encourage everyone to be patient. This is the biggest immunization program in a century, and our vaccine supply will arrive in stages. General Hillier and the COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force are working with Health Canada and other provincial and territorial partners to ensure the vaccines are distributed quickly, so people can get immunized as soon as possible. […] As we await the arrival of more vaccines, this is our best and only defence against this deadly virus,” the premier advised.
