Pfizer pilot project could hit Toronto, Peel pharmacies this week
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Posted Apr 26, 2021 8:03 am EDT
Last Updated Apr 26, 2021 at 8:30 am EDT
Syringes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine sit in a tray in a vaccination room at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A second COVID-19 vaccine could soon be an option at select Ontario pharmacies.
680 NEWS has learned that a pilot project is in the works that would make the Pfizer shot available at certain locations, potentially as early as this week.
Justin Bates, CEO of the Ontario Pharmacist Association, says pharmacies are working with the Ford government on the project that would get the Pfizer vaccine to hotspot pharmacies.
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Nick Russell, 42, says he s on board to get the AstraZeneca vaccine and hopes others in his age group will do the same.(Jacob Barker/CBC)
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More pharmacies across London soon will be equipped to give COVID-19 vaccines, adding to just two locations now getting doses for older adults, Mayor Ed Holder vowed Thursday.
As desperation and demands for vaccines rise amid the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, adults aged 60 to 64 still aren’t able to book their shots at the mass vaccination clinics in London and Mt. Brydges.
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With just two local pharmacies, both in the city’s northwest, offering the AstraZeneca vaccines to those 55 and older, London has only the same number of options as much smaller neighbours such as St. Thomas and Ingersoll. Those communities also each have two pharmacies receiving doses for the 55-and-older crowd.
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