Did Alberta, Ontario make the right move with AstraZeneca? Experts weigh in Rachael D Amore © Provided by Global News Toronto, ON- March 11 - THE AstraZeneca vaccine rollout begins at a few Shoppers Drug Marts, including the Danforth and Carlaw location for people 60 to 64 years of age those without appointments lined up over 90 minutes. Ontario loosened restrictions to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. in Toronto. March 11, 2021. (Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
Alberta on Tuesday became the first provincial government to stop administering AstraZeneca sCOVID-19 vaccine as a first dose, leaving experts torn about its potential impacts.
Given the sheer volume of mRNA vaccines funneling into the country, Alberta says it will use its remaining 8,400 AstraZeneca doses as second shots rather than add to the list of first-dose recipients waiting for a second.
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Israel Leads The Global Vaccination Race Published December 30th, 2020 - 12:50 GMT
An Israeli military medic gets vaccinated against the COVID-19 coronavirus at the medical centre of Tzrifin military base in the Israeli town of Rishon Lezion on December 28, 2020. JACK GUEZ / AFP
Highlights
Israel s health minister said on Wednesday that nearly 152,000 people had been vaccinated in a day, bringing the total well above half a million.
Israel is leading the global vaccination race with more than seven per cent of its population already given the jab in the space of nine days.
Some 644,000 people have received a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech jab in the country of 8.7million, the highest per-capita rate in the world.