If you received an AstraZeneca vaccine with your first COVID-19 shot and you want that brand for your second one, you can get one at the Regina drive-thru clinic starting Sunday. The Saskatchewan Health Authority says it will be AstraZeneca only from Sunday until Tuesday and again on June 12 from 8:30 a.m to 7:30 […]
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is running another drive-thru clinic in Regina, this time for AstraZeneca second doses, starting on Sunday. The clinic is scheduled to run at EVRAZ Place for five to six days, depending on supply. The drive-thru will be open to those 65 and older, or those who got their first dose before […]
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization has changed its guidelines to allow for mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines. This means you get a second brand with your second shot than what you did with your first. The province says effective immediately, the provincial vaccination plan will incorporate this guidance to make sure vaccines continue to […]
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization says people who got the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for their first dose can be offered either Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna for the second. The advice affects more than two-million Canadians who received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine before provinces stopped using it for first doses in May. The vaccine is potentially linked […]
One of the biggest challenges many jurisdictions have faced when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines, is the spread of misinformation. As Saskatchewan continues to see vaccine hesitancy, two University of Regina researchers have joined a panel hosting virtual town halls across the country, that are available in Saskatchewan this week, with the objective of ending […]
The province says a woman in her 60’s who received the AstraZeneca vaccine on April 11 is recovering after getting treatment for a blood clot. Approximately 72,000 people in Saskatchewan have been given AstraZeneca as their first dose. This brings the total of people in Canada to have developed a blood clot after taking a […]
Health Minister Paul Merriman said on Wednesday afternoon that a mistake was the reason why many Wednesday COVID-19 vaccine appointments at pharmacies were delayed. The Ministry of Health shared on Wednesday there was a miscommunication between Saskatchewan’s Drug Plan and Extended Benefits Branch and a pharmaceutical distributor. The error means doses will instead be in […]
Nothing has been made official, but there is thought the province could deliver Pfizer as the second vaccine dose for the 65,000 or so Saskatchewan people who received AstraZeneca as tehir first dose. It comes down to supply with Saskatchewan Health Authority CEO Scott Livingstone saying AstraZeneca is no longer being offered as the […]
The province is going to integrate the AstraZeneca vaccine into its provincial vaccination roll-out plan, On Tuesday, the province announced it will use AstraZeneca to immunize those 40 and older. To date, residents ages 40 and over who have contracted COVID-19 have seen the most severe outcomes, accounting for 84 per cent of total hospitalizations […]
In a tweet Monday morning, Premier Scott Moe says the province is going to “actively review” whether or not to lower the age eligibility to those receiving an AstraZeneca vaccine to people over the age of 40. It is a move that is being made in both Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario and comes at a […]
