Canada's oldest known living person receives COVID-19 vaccination in Toronto
Phyllis Ridgway, who turned 114 this month, gets 1st Pfizer-BioNTech dose Saturday
Phyllis Ridgway, the oldest known living person in Canada, received a COVID-19 vaccination on Saturday at Toronto's Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
Ridgway, who was born in 1907, turned 114 on March 10 — just a few days before she was vaccinated.
The health centre shared a video of Ridgway receiving her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine while surrounded by birthday balloons.
She told Sunnybrook: "This is the best birthday I've ever had."
What a touching moment - thanks for sharing this good news with us all. And to Phyllis, happy belated birthday! We’re so glad you got to celebrate this way.
—@JustinTrudeauPrime Minister Justin Trudeau replied to the tweet, calling it a "touching moment."
"And to Phyllis, happy belated birthday! We're so glad you got to celebrate this way," the tweet read.
As of Friday, Ontario has administered 1,116,496 doses of COVID-19 vaccines.The province began administering vaccines to seniors aged 80 and older earlier this month as part of its Phase 1 vaccination rollout.
As of Saturday, some family doctors in Ontario started administering COVID-19 vaccinations to seniors, including those aged 60 to 64, in six regions.
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