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SAINT JOHN, N.B. For more than four months now, pharmacists in New Brunswick have been going ‘flat out,’ administering nearly 450,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines and counting. “All of this, of course, is on top of the other work that they do,” says Jake Reid, executive director of New Brunswick Pharmacists’ Association. “Including giving out medications, and providing health services, so it’s been very, very busy for pharmacists.” New Brunswick has now vaccinated more than 81 per cent of the eligible population with a first dose and more than 66 per cent have now received their second dose. However, the New Brunswick Pharmacists’ Association says demand for COVID-19 vaccines is dropping and about 30 community pharmacies in the province have now opted-out of the vaccine program, with 179 now active.
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Sussex pharmacist Kevin Duplisea says the logistical challenges of getting vaccine doses to pharmacies are the biggest challenge of the rollout.(N.B. Pharmacists Association/Stephen MacGillivray Photography)
New Brunswickers will find out when and how they can start booking appointments to get the COVID-19 vaccine later this week, the Health Department says.