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Bernice Burns, 82, was the first person to get the COVID-19 vaccine at the prototype clinic in the IWK Health Centre on Monday morning.(CBC)
The first prototype clinic for vaccinating people 80 and older in Nova Scotia against COVID-19 is up and running in Halifax this morning at the IWK Health Centre.
Bernice Burns, 82, was the first one to get a shot at 8 a.m. It s an honour really, it really is, Burns said after rolling up her sleeve for the vaccination. I was very excited when they called me.
Burns said she won t necessarily be going out more until everyone else also has the vaccine. Maybe when she gets the second dose she ll feel safer, she said, but that doesn t mean she ll start ducking any public health rules.
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Dr. Robert Strang, chief medical officer of health. Photo: Communications Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health says people need to continue to think of others during the pandemic.
This comes after Nova Scotia Health was made aware some people had found a way to register their elderly relatives for the prototype vaccination clinic planned for next week, despite not being invited.
At a conference held today, Dr. Robert Strang said everyone will get vaccinated, but jumping ahead of others who are offered it first isn’t right.
“Its unfortunate that some people found a way to game the system and put themselves ahead of others who had got an invitation,” he said.