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Sask. Health Authority chief medical officer 'cautiously optimistic' about lower COVID-19 case numbers While Saskatchewan's active case numbers continue to fall, Dr. Susan Shaw cautions that the province isn't out of the woods yet. Social Sharing

  REGINA -- While Saskatchewan has seen hesitancy from residents to receive AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, one Regina doctor is encouraging people to take whichever vaccine is offered to them. "If I weren’t vaccinated right now and I had the option [to] get AstraZeneca right now or wait two weeks for Pfizer, I would not hesitate to get the first of whatever it was I could be offered," Dr. Alex Wong, an infectious disease physician in Regina, told CTV News on Monday. "If you get COVID, it’s literally the difference between you being at home with the sniffles and you being in the I...

While Saskatchewan’s first batch of AstraZeneca vaccinations have been taking place at a drive-thru clinic in Regina for 64 year-olds, 10 nations have suspended its usage in recent days due to . . .

CNN said, “On Thursday (March 11), Denmark suspended AstraZeneca vaccinations for 14 days as a ‘precautionary measure’ as it investigates ‘signs of a possible serious side effect in the form of fatal blood clots’ after one Danish person died following vaccination, according to Danish health officials.” In another story, CNN noted that Norway also reported a death, saying, “A person who received the AstraZeneca vaccine in Norway has died following blood clots, bleeding and a low platelet count, the Norwegian Medicines Agency said Monday.” CNN also reported, as of March 15, �...