Vaccinations against COVID-19 will continue across the province today.
A group of five nursing-home workers in Toronto were given the first few shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in the province yesterday.
It marks the beginning of the first phase of the Ontario government’s immunization plan, which will see health-care workers, as well as residents of long-term care homes and their caregivers vaccinated against the virus.
Half of the 6,000 doses the province has received so far will be administered this week in Toronto and Ottawa, while the other half will be kept stored for 21 days until the second dose is required.
An additional 90,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine are expected to arrive in Ontario later this month, with 2.4 million doses available in the New Year.
The province reported 1,940 news cases of the novel coronavirus on yesterday, as well as 23 more deaths related to the virus.
We have started the biggest immunization program in a century. Today's vaccinations are the beginning of the long journey to return life back to normal.
While light at the end of the tunnel grows brighter every day, we must continue to follow public health advice. pic.twitter.com/TTEkHcw1Xp
— Doug Ford (@fordnation) December 15, 2020