Canadian care home residents challenge delay of second COVID-19 vaccine shot

FILE PHOTO: Pharmacy technician supervisor Tamara Booth Rumsey prepares a Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at The Michener Institute, in Toronto, Canada January 4, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo

MONTREAL (Reuters) - Residents of a Canadian long-term care home who received some of the first COVID-19 vaccine shots administered in the country have threatened to seek a court injunction if they do not get the second recommended shot in the coming days.

Residents of the Maimonides Geriatric Center in Montreal said they received a first shot of the Pfizer Inc vaccine on Dec. 14 and they were expecting to get a second dose on Jan. 3, but are still waiting, according to a statement on Wednesday.