- 'I'm really excited' -After Britain gave the first approved vaccine shots in the Western world, Canada also approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Wednesday.The first shipments to 14 sites across Canada are scheduled to arrive Monday with people receiving shots a day or two later, according to Major-General Dany Fortin, the commander put in charge of coordinating distribution.Healthcare workers and vulnerable populations including the elderly are to be the first to receive it."I'm really excited.
I want to get vaccinated as soon as possible, because I have a new baby," Michelle, a Toronto resident, told AFP.Israel accepted its first shipment of the Pfizer vaccine on Wednesday, targeting a rollout on December 27.Both Russia and China have.