A parallel COVID-19 vaccine rollout: How B.C. is recasting its priorities Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press The first batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, containing 60,000 doses, is expected to arrive in British Columbia this week. It isn’t clear who is going to be offered these shots. Back in January, Premier John Horgan said British Columbia would provide vaccines based on a straightforward, age-based formula. “The science is very clear. The single biggest factor for death or severe illness is age,” he said then, sweeping aside intense lobbying efforts by different interest groups that wanted priority vaccines.