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City officials still want pop-up sites to address vaccination gap

Article content Mobile vaccination clinics are still top of mind for city officials looking to bridge the gap in vaccination rates between different regions of Calgary. The current disparity in vaccination rates is nearly 20 percentage points between the areas with the fewest immunizations and the region with the most, Calgary Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) Chief Sue Henry said Tuesday, adding that the difference between them is not caused by a lack of desire from residents who want their s...
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'Going to where people live': Pop-up vaccination clinics proposed for northeast Calgary

Article content The City of Calgary is in discussions with the province about the need for pop-up vaccination clinics in the city’s northeast communities where uptake of COVID-19 shots has been slow, Calgary’s mayor said Tuesday. The city is waiting for guidance from the Alberta government on how to get pop-up vaccination clinics running in these communities to improve accessibility and get more vaccines directly to the people living there, Mayor Naheed Nenshi told reporters. We apo...
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Calgary looking at pop-up vaccination clinics for the northeast: mayor

Article content The City of Calgary is in discussions with the province about the need for pop-up vaccination clinics in the city’s northeast communities where uptake of COVID-19 shots has been slow, Calgary’s mayor said Tuesday. The city is waiting for guidance from the Alberta government on how to get pop-up vaccination clinics running in these communities to improve accessibility and get more vaccines directly to the people living there, Mayor Naheed Nenshi told reporters. We apologize, ...
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Calgary looking at pop-up vaccination clinics for city's northeast: Nenshi

Article content The City of Calgary is in discussions with the province about the need for pop-up vaccination clinics in the city’s northeast communities where uptake of COVID-19 shots has been slow, Calgary’s mayor said Tuesday. The city is waiting for guidance from the Alberta government on how to get pop-up vaccination clinics running in these communities to improve accessibility and get more vaccines directly to the people living there, Mayor Naheed Nenshi told reporters. We apologize, ...
Naheed Nenshi Stephanie Babych Gavin Young Postmedia Deena Hinshaw Madeline Smith Postmedia Network Inc

Stewardship / Resistance Scan for Mar 16, 2021

FDA approves Melintas Kimyrsa for skin infections Melinta Therapeutics of Morristown, New Jersey, announced yesterday that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Kimyrsa (oritavancin) for treatment of adult patients with acute bacterial skin and skin-structure infections (ABSSSIs) caused by susceptible gram-positive pathogens, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Kimyrsa delivers a complete course of the lipoglycopeptide antibiotic oritavancin in a sing...
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Source: umn.edu

Dr. Deena Hinshaw to update Alberta with latest on COVID-19 pandemic

As Alberta reports 30 COVID-19 deaths, Hinshaw reflects on heartbreaking number Alberta recorded 30 COVID-19 deaths Thursday, the highest number ever reported on a single day, prompting the provinces chief medical officer of health to reflect on the "heartbreaking" number and the importance of following restrictions. Social Sharing CBC News ¡ Posted: Dec 17, 2020 1:30 PM MT | Last Updated: December 18, 2020 Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Albertas chief medical officer of health, updated the COVID-19 s...
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Source: cbc.ca

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