In June, the National Committee on Immunization advised its preferred choice for COVID vaccines was the mRNA type Pfizer and Moderna even for people who received AstraZeneca, a viral-vector vaccine, as a first shot. Use of AstraZeneca had been paused for some age groups pending further study on rare but potentially fatal vaccine-induced blood clots.
Despite provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry saying that AstraZeneca was safe and highly effective, demand for vaccine, which is being delivered through pharmacies, plummeted and some doses expired.
Vikram Bawa, owner of Fort Royal Pharmacy, said his store locations in Oak Bay and on Hillside Avenue continue to deliver AstraZeneca shots, but with decreasing demand he simply groups appointments to ensure he doesn’t waste doses.
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What New COVID Vaccine Modelling Says About When Canada Might Lift Restrictions
We need 75 per cent of adults to have a first dose and 20 to have a second. How soon might we get there? Patricia Treble, Maclean s Updated
April 28, 2021
Pharmacist Barbara Violo arranges all the empty vials of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines that she has provided to customers at the Junction Chemist in Toronto, on April 19, 2021. (CP/Nathan Denette)
On April 23, Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer, unveiled the latest federal modelling of the pandemic, which forecast that the number of new cases could level off and start dropping in May, depending on the extent of public health restrictions.
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