A University of Alberta professor says determining who would get the vaccination is just the first of many steps that need to happen in Canada for a large-scale program to successfully beat the COVID-19 pandemic.

For more than a week, health officials have urged Canadians to ``flatten the curve,'' by staying home and keeping a distance between themselves and others to slow down the spread of COVID-19.

Amy Passafiume and her husband Kevin moved to Beijing last summer, and are working as teachers at a bilingual school.