MONTREAL, Canada – An Ontario caregiver and an octogenarian in Quebec on Monday became the first people vaccinated against COVID-19 in Canada.
Anita Quidangen was televised receiving the injection at a hospital in Toronto as part of a major vaccination campaign in Canada, less than a week after the Pfizer-BioNTech shot was granted approval in the country.
Another woman, 89-year-old Gisele Levesque, was vaccinated minutes earlier at a retirement home in Quebec City, but her procedure was not shown on TV, Quebec Health Minister Christian Dube revealed shortly afterwards.
“I’m okay,” Quidangen told the press.
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