Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted the announcement with a picture of a cargo plane as it landed on Canadian soil carrying the country's first batch off Pfizer Biotech Kobe, 19 Vaccines The initial 30,000 doses will go to 14 sites across Canada.

The first people expected to roll up their sleeves as soon as Monday will be the most vulnerable, including the elderly in long term care facilities and health care workers.

This week, Canada and the United States are set to become the first Western nations

after the UK to begin inoculations.

The vaccines were produced in Belgium and left there on Friday, then traveled to Germany and the United States before being split up and sent to inoculation points in Canada.

As second Vaccine from Madonna is also expected to be approved reasonably soon and the country will be ready to accept shipments off it by the end of the week.

Officials have said they expect to receive six million doses off Pfizer and Madonna vaccines before the end of March.