With respiratory illnesses on the rise, updated COVID-19 vaccines and flu shots are now available to high-risk groups, OPH said, and will soon be accessible to everyone in the city at the end of October.
Alberta has yet to iron out all the wrinkles in its COVID-19 vaccine rollout. The provincial government said it would increase its ordering limit after cancelled appointments last week, but pharmacies say there are still problems.last week, the provincial government said it would increase its ordering limit for pharmacies from 100 doses per week to 350 doses, starting Monday.
He spent three hours on the phone Tuesday trying to sort out his weekly COVID-19 vaccine order. When the delivery arrived Wednesday, it included 200 Moderna doses and no Pfizer at all. Health Canada said Alberta has ordered and received 1,047,710 doses, including 696,350 doses of the Moderna vaccine and 351,360 of Pfizer. That is unchanged since last week.Jason Chan Remillard woke up at 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday to ensure he got his store's weekly order in.
"I personally think demand is a bit higher than what was anticipated. It was kind of a wild card because no one was sure what would happen."But, he said, workloads are up because a lot of people have to come in twice — once for their flu shot and again for the COVID vaccine — rather than getting them at the same time.
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