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Vaccine eligibility is currently limited to people age 37 and older, as well as every adult in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District and priority groups like teachers, police officers and certain health-care staff.
Pharmacy Association of Saskatchewan executive director Dawn Martin said the pharmacies’ vaccine program could scale up even further if supply allows. She said pharmacies could eventually administer as many as 70,000 doses a week if there are enough vaccines.
“We’re trying to find the balance between what the (Saskatchewan Health Authority) system is doing and what pharmacies are doing, and I think the system is really happy to see pharmacies coming on to allow them to, at some point, get back to some of the other work they need to do as well,” Martin said.
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Vaccine eligibility is currently limited to people age 37 and older, as well as every adult in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District and priority groups like teachers, police officers and certain health-care staff.
Pharmacy Association of Saskatchewan executive director Dawn Martin said the pharmacies’ vaccine program could scale up even further if supply allows. She said pharmacies could eventually administer as many as 70,000 doses a week if there are enough vaccines.
“We’re trying to find the balance between what the (Saskatchewan Health Authority) system is doing and what pharmacies are doing, and I think the system is really happy to see pharmacies coming on to allow them to, at some point, get back to some of the other work they need to do as well,” Martin said.
Sask. pharmacies seeing COVID-19 vaccine slots get snapped up fast It s a big learning curve for us, for sure, but we re proud to be part of the process of bringing down the virus.
Author of the article: Lynn Giesbrecht
Publishing date: Apr 28, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 3 minute read • Pharmacist and store manager Brian Gray stands in the vaccination area inside Lakeshore Pharmacy in Regina, Saskatchewan on April 28, 2021. The pharmacy is one of 63 in the province that will receive COVID-19 vaccines as part of a pilot program. Photo by BRANDON HARDER /Regina Leader-Post
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As soon as it became public that Lakeshore Pharmacy would be offering COVID-19 vaccines, Brian Gray’s phone started ringing.
Regina / 980 CJME
Apr 29, 2021 | 9:36 AM
Many pharmacies across Saskatchewan will receive COVID-19 vaccines as they embark on a pilot project to deliver jabs.
Sixty-three pharmacies in 14 communities will be participating.
According to Dawn Martin, chief executive officer for the Pharmacy Association of Saskatchewan, pharmacies are receiving the Pfizer vaccine.
The Pfizer vaccine is kept at ultra-low temperatures and has a limited shelf life once it’s been thawed.
“That pharmacist and pharmacy team will have about four or five days to get it into people’s arms,” Martin said.
“That’s part of the challenge, in terms of their ability to really quickly ramp up and make sure that none of that vaccine is wasted.”
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