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   CBC News · Posted: Dec 10, 2020   
      
   Here's the COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan, province by province   
      
   Provinces are preparing to roll out the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine after   
   it was approved by Health Canada on Wednesday, with many hoping to start   
   inoculating high-risk populations like health-care workers and long-term care   
   residents by next week.   
      
   Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday "the first 30,000 doses are   
   expected to arrive in just a few days" and that the vaccine will be "free for   
   Canadians" with the federal government covering the costs. But the logistics   
   of storing the Pfizer-   
   BioNTech vaccine has presented provinces with challenges, and all but rule out   
   the territories from receiving them.   
      
   Here is a look at plans across the country.   
      
      
   Alberta   
      
   About 3,900 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will arrive in Alberta next   
   week, and immunizations for ICU doctors and nurses, respiratory therapists and   
   long-term care workers are expected to begin Dec. 16. Since two doses are   
   required, that means    
   around 1,950 people will be immunized.   
      
   Because the initial doses of the vaccine can be administered only at the sites   
   where it is delivered — due to the need for ultra-cold storage — the   
   province is not yet able to begin vaccinating patients at facilities. Instead,   
   shots will be given at    
   the two initial shipment locations in Edmonton and Calgary.   
      
   The first acute-care staff to get the vaccines will come from the Foothills   
   Hospital and the Peter Lougheed Centre in Calgary, and from University of   
   Alberta and Royal Alexandra hospitals in Edmonton. Alberta Health Services   
   will book appointments for    
   those staff to receive their second dose when they receive their first.   
      
   The Government of Alberta says it anticipates it will be able to immunize up   
   to 435,000 Albertans who are most at-risk between January and March 2021.   
      
   Starting in January, the following groups will receive the vaccine:   
      
   Long-term care and some supported living residents and staff.   
   Seniors age 75 and older.   
   On-reserve First Nations people over age 65.   
   Health-care workers most needed to ensure workforce capacity.   
      
      
   Ontario   
      
   Ontario will administer its first COVID-19 vaccines next Tuesday at two   
   hospitals in Toronto and Ottawa.   
      
   The first vaccines will go to health-care workers at long-term care homes and   
   other high-risk places, Premier Doug Ford said in a news release.   
      
   More details are set to be provided on Friday, Ford's statement said.   
      
      
   Manitoba   
      
   Manitoba is slated to receive doses next week, and expects to receive enough   
   to vaccinate more than 100,000 people by March 31 of next year.   
      
   The first 1,950 doses are reserved for health-care workers in the critical   
   care field, the vast majority of whom work in Winnipeg. Over the next three   
   months, more locations will be established in Winnipeg, Brandon, Thompson,   
   Steinbach, Gimli, Portage la    
   Prairie and The Pas.   
      
   Details on how the first 900 health workers can book appointments to get the   
   vaccine will be released in the coming days.   
      
   Beyond that, the province is still working out details on how it will notify   
   people that they are eligible for the vaccine.   
      
      
   Saskatchewan   
      
   Vaccine doses will start arriving in Saskatchewan next week and will be given   
   to health-care workers at Regina General Hospital who provide direct care to   
   COVID-19 patients.   
      
   Phase 1 of the province's vaccine delivery plan — with 202,052 doses   
   expected within the first quarter of 2021 — will focus on health-care   
   workers, elderly residents in care homes, seniors over 80 and residents in   
   northern remote communities.   
      
   Phase 2 of the vaccine rollout, which will see the general population begin to   
   be vaccinated, is scheduled to begin in April 2021.   
   There will be 14 locations across 10 provinces where people can be inoculated   
   with the first batch of the vaccine. Doses must be kept in ultra-cold storage,   
   which has caused logistical challenges. (CBC News)   
      
      
   British Columbia   
      
   B.C. plans on immunizing 400,000 people against COVID-19 by March 2021, with   
   priority given to residents and staff of long-term care homes and health-care   
   workers.   
      
   As more doses of the vaccine become available, priority will be given to   
   seniors over 80, people with underlying health conditions, people who are   
   underhoused, and people living in remote and isolated Indigenous communities.   
      
   By April, front-line workers including teachers, grocery store workers,   
   firefighters and people working in food processing plants will be prioritized.   
      
   As doses increase, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says vaccines   
   will be distributed, moving down the population age range in increments.   
      
      
   Quebec   
      
   A limited number of vaccine doses will likely be available in Quebec starting   
   next week.   
      
   Patients in residential and long-term care centres, which accounted for the   
   vast majority of deaths related to COVID-19, will be the first to get the   
   Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in the province as early as next Monday. Patients will   
   receive the vaccinations    
   on site.   
      
   People living in private seniors' residences and those in isolated   
   communities, including Indigenous communities and particularly those located   
   in Nunavik and James Bay, will be next.   
      
   The next groups to receive the vaccine will be organized by age, starting with   
   those 80 and up, then 70 to 79, and 60 to 69, followed by those who are 60 and   
   under and have other risk factors.   
      
      
   New Brunswick   
      
   The first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine will arrive in New Brunswick   
   around Dec. 14, with a second shipment before the end of the year.   
      
   The first shipment will be delivered to the Miramichi Regional Hospital, said   
   Greg MacCallum, director of the New Brunswick Emergency Measures Organization,   
   who is leading the rollout of the vaccine. It was chosen based on its central   
   location, said    
   MacCallum. The hospital — which has installed an ultra-low-temperature   
   freezer — can be reached within two or three hours from virtually anywhere   
   in the province, he said.   
      
   Health Minister Dorothy Shephard said long-term care residents and staff,   
   health-care workers, emergency responders and seniors will be prioritized.   
      
      
   Newfoundland and Labrador   
      
   Health Minister John Haggie said a thermal shipper — used to keep vaccine   
   doses at a consistent temperature during transport — arrived in N.L. on   
   Wednesday, with vaccine deliveries expected next week.   
      
      
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