Alta. health officials affirm AstraZeneca safety as hesitancy emerges
EDMONTON -- Alberta Health officials have acknowledged that the province has a vaccine hesitancy issue with the AstraZeneca vaccine. If fully operational, Alberta Health Services (AHS) says the mass vaccination clinic in Edmonton at the Expo Centre can vaccinate upwards of 6,000 people per day. As of Thursday morning, AHS says just 413 were booked in for appointments after having fewer than 250 the day before. Michael Zakhary, an Alberta Health Services medical officer of health in the Edmonton zone, said in an interview with CTV News Edmonton that there may be some level of hesitancy...
Source: edmonton.ctvnews.ca