COVID-19 vaccinations continue across Canada

More provinces are planning to administer their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday.

Manitoba says high-priority health workers will be the first to be inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador are also gearing up to start immunizations.

Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia began giving shots on Tuesday after the first ones in Canada were given in Ontario and Quebec the day before on Monday.

Toronto health-care worker given Canada’s first COVID-19 vaccine

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said Canada is set to get up to 168,000 doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the month.

The vaccine has not yet been approved by Health Canada but Trudeau said deliveries could begin within 48 hours of getting the green light.