Canada administers first doses of Covid-19 vaccine

Tamara Dus, left, director of University Health Network Safety Services, administers the first Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in Canada to personal support worker Anita Quidangen in Toronto (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada administered its first doses of a Covid-19 vaccine on Monday, becoming one of the first countries to do so in the effort to beat back the pandemic.

Five front-line workers in Ontario were among the first Canadians to receive the vaccine at one of Toronto’s hospitals.