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Canada became the first country to authorize a COVID-19 vaccine for people younger than 16 after approving Pfizer's vaccine for children aged 12 to 15 on May 5, 2021. [11] In August 2021, the Moderna vaccine was authorized for use in children aged 12 and up. [12]
Canada Hal Willner: 64 Music producer United States (New York City) 8 April 2020: Leila Benitez-McCollum: 89 Television and radio host United States (New York City) Tom Blackwell: 82 Artist United States (Poughkeepsie) Richard L. Brodsky: 73 Politician United States Robert L. Carroll: 81 Paleontologist Canada Martin S. Fox: 95
In August 2021, a number of American conservative talk radio hosts who had discouraged COVID-19 vaccination, or expressed skepticism toward the COVID-19 vaccine, died from COVID-19 complications. [ 6][ 7] These included 65-year-old Marc Bernier, self-nicknamed "Mr. Antivax", from Daytona, Florida; [ 13] 65-year-old Dick Farrel, who referred to ...
COVID-19 vaccination in Ontario. COVID-19 vaccination in Ontario began in December 2020, when the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were administered. [1] In February 2021, shipments for both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines increased significantly. By May 2021, over 50 percent of Ontarians had received their first dose. [2]
Users of this vaccine passport, the first in Canada, faced fewer COVID-19 public health restrictions. [2] By early July, the demand for the paper vaccine passports temporarily overwhelmed the system. At the same time, the province reached a new "marker in the pandemic"—the COVID-19 vaccines supply exceeded "demand on a daily basis." [2] [42]
[3] [19] The vaccination campaign was slow to start, with around 1,400 doses being given per day in the first two weeks for a total of less than 20,000 people vaccinated. [20] On December 23, Health Canada approved the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine [21] and on December 30, Quebec received their first shipment. Due to its lower maintenance ...
On June 27, 2021, a total of 26,771 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered in a clinic in Scotiabank Arena as part of the "Our Winning Shot" event held to encourage people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. This possibly set the world record at the time for the most COVID-19 vaccinations administered in one day in one clinic.
On January 28, 2020, British Columbia became the second province to confirm a case of COVID-19 in Canada. [2] The first case of infection involved a patient who had recently returned from Wuhan, Hubei, China. [3] The first case of community transmission in Canada was confirmed in British Columbia on March 5, 2020. [4]