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Many still uncertain about AstraZeneca as their second dose

Ont s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan could impact Waterloo Region s supply

KITCHENER Ontario s revised COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan is impacting supply in Waterloo Region. The updated plan, which was announced on Wednesday, focuses on hot spots in the GTA. Many local pharmacies also reported a shortage of AstraZeneca doses and some have already run out of vaccine. Neil Malhotra owns a pharmacy in Kitchener and said they ll be administering doses of vaccine soon. We received our approval actually late last week, he said. But, Malhotra doesn t know yet which vaccine his pharmacy will receive. At this point, we re not sure what vaccine we are going to be getting, he said.

How much protection is offered by one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine?

As COVID-19 vaccines continue to reach more and more Canadians, some are wondering what level of protection they re getting from their first dose, and what happens while they re waiting for the top-up jab. The Canadian Press asked Dr. Lynora Saxinger, an infectious disease expert with the University of Alberta, and Kelly Grindrod, an associate professor at the University of Waterloo s School of Pharmacy, those vaccine questions. WHAT PROTECTION IS OFFERED BY THE FIRST DOSE OF A TWO-DOSE VACCINE? All of the approved vaccines prevented COVID-related hospitalization and death in their clinical trials, and Saxinger says that s reflected in the real world now.

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