Coronavirus Canada Updates: Toronto health-care worker is first in province to receive 2 doses of COVID-19 vaccine

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Coronavirus Canada: Ontario opening COVID-19 vaccine appointments opening for those 18+ starting Tuesday
Coronavirus Canada: Ontario opening COVID-19 vaccine appointments opening for those 18+ starting Tuesday

Ontario Premier Doug Ford defended his government’s COVID-19 vaccine program Monday as a health-care worker became the first person in the province to receive both doses of one of the shots.

Anita Quidangen was given her second dose at Toronto’s University Health Network, the first of five health-care workers slated to cross that milestone Monday.

Quidangen said she hopes others will follow in her footsteps as the province continues its rollout of two COVID-19 vaccines.

Ford, who was present as the health-care workers received their shots, acknowledged there have been “a few bumps in the road” in the province’s immunization campaign but said he is confident in the plan.

“We’re ramping it up and you’re going to see a significant difference over the next few weeks,” the premier said.

Critics, including some in the medical field, have said the province is not moving fast enough with inoculations.

A decision to temporarily close immunization clinics over the holidays was met with widespread outrage last week, prompting the retired general heading the vaccine rollout to admit the move was a mistake.

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