By Canadian Press

‘Figure of hope’ praised for role in COVID-19 fight after death

Jul 4, 2021 | 11:28 AM

MONTREAL — A Quebec woman who was the first person in Canada to receive a COVID-19 vaccine has died.

Gisele Lévesque, 89, died on June 28 peacefully of natural causes, surrounded by family, according to the public health authority in Quebec City.

In a statement, the health authority says her death was not related to COVID-19.

Lévesque received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine last Dec. 14 at the CHSLD St-Antoine, a long-term care home in Quebec City.

The health authority says she was the first Canadian to be inoculated in the country.

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The agency describes her as a figure of hope in the fight against the novel coronavirus.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 4, 2021.

The Canadian Press