Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Tuesday thanked the province’s first recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine, saying they put their community and patients ahead of themselves. Ford added that as of noon Tuesday, approximately 142 front-line health care workers were vaccinated, with 325 more to get vaccinated later on Tuesday at the University Health Network.
Ontario started administering Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccines on Monday, beginning with health care workers at the Rekai Centre long-term care home in Downtown Toronto.
Ford was joined by Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, Solicitor General Sylvia Jones and Gen. Rick Hillier, chair of the COVID-19 vaccine distribution task force.
Following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's announcement that Canada has secured 168,000 Moderna coronavirus vaccines, Hillier said the vaccine will go to long-term care homes “in greatest need” first, including those in “hot zones” or lockdown zones once approved by Health Canada.
The province reported 2,275 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, marking a new single-day record, to bring the provincial total to 144,396.
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