Johnson & Johnson single dose COVID-19 vaccines will be available in Saskatchewan, starting Wednesday. The initial 2,500 doses allocated to the province will be administered through multiple clinics. These clinics are scheduled for Regina, Saskatoon, Estevan, Prince Albert, Melfort, Swift Current, Moose Jaw, North Battleford and Lloydminster. The vaccine is available to residents 18-years-of-age and […]
Provincial governments are being advised to offer the Johnson and Johnson vaccine to adults over the age of 30 by the National Advisory Committee on Immunization. The single-dose Johnson and Johnson shot has seen blood clot concerns similar to the AstraZeneca vaccine. The federal government approved the Johnson and Johnson vaccine almost two months ago […]
Health Canada is holding the 300,000 Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccines they have received due to a possible quality control issue. On Friday, Health Canada said in a statement that the vaccine doses are being held for further review after it was learned they were produced in the same facility which had an error last […]
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada has been warned of manufacturing problems plaguing the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The viral vector vaccine developed by J&J’s subsidiary, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, was authorized by Health Canada as safe and effective last week. Canada pre-ordered 10 million doses of the vaccine, which is the first and only […]
Health Canada is just “days away” from deciding whether to approve Johnson and Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine. If that happens it will add a fourth option to Canada’s efforts to immunize our way to an end to the pandemic and the first to require only one dose. Coupled with a new recommendation Thursday that provinces delay […]
