Canada administers first COVID-19 vaccines, PM Trudeau in no rush for his shot

A healthcare worker prepares to administer a Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at The Michener Institute, in Toronto, Canada December 14, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio

TORONTO/MONTREAL (Reuters) - Canada kicked off its inoculation campaign against COVID-19 on Monday by injecting frontline healthcare workers and elderly nursing home residents, becoming just the third nation in the world to administer the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.

The first dose broadcast on live TV went to Anita Quidangen. The personal support worker at the Rekai Centre, a non-profit nursing home for the elderly in Toronto, Canada's largest city, said she was "excited" to have been first in line.