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There are no geographic restrictions on where residents can get a shot at a pharmacy, which means individuals can book an Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine at a pharmacy outside their home community if they choose.
Those seeking to book an appointment must have a valid Ontario health card or other form of government-issued identification.
The province’s expanded eligibility for the shot includes those turning 40 this year.
How many Oxford-AstraZeneca doses does Ontario have?
In an open letter issued last week, a group of Progressive Conservative legislators said Ontario has about 543,000 doses of the vaccine. They said about half those doses were in pharmacies and another 117,000 with family doctors. The province did not immediately provide updated numbers Monday.
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Manitoba, Ontario, and Alberta have set the minimum age at 40, down from 55, while Quebec s public health director said the province would make an announcement soon on new eligible groups. The National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommends offering the AstraZeneca shot to those 55 and over because of a slightly elevated risk of an extremely rare blood clot disorder. Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu, however, suggested on Sunday that new national recommendations were coming soon and reminded reporters that Health Canada has licensed the AstraZeneca shot for use in people over the age of 18. Tom McMillan, a spokesman for Alberta Health, said the decision to offer the vaccine to younger people was based on health data along with concerns that vaccine hesitancy in older groups would slow the rollout.
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