AstraZeneca

• B.C. to prioritize COVID-19 outbreaks and clusters with first doses of AstraZeneca vaccine

  Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the province is unsure on exactly how many doses will arrive next week.

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• COVID-19 vaccine pilot at some Ontario pharmacies to begin next week with Oxford-AstraZeneca

  The Ontario Pharmacists Association says the vaccination pilot will begin with approximately 380 pharmacies in Toronto, Kingston and Windsor-Essex health units.

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• Coronavirus: New Brunswick expecting 10,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to arrive in March

  Officials are still working to determine how the vaccine will fit into the immunization effort and if the rollout plan will be tweaked.

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  Mar 3
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• Nova Scotia to receive AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses next week

  'We have to move fast as we are mindful of the fact that we have a short window to use it given that they will expire in a month.'

  Canada

  Mar 3
• Ontario to extend COVID-19 vaccine intervals after change in federal guidance

  A spokeswoman for Health Minister Christine Elliott said the province welcomed the updated guidance from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization.

  Health

  Mar 3
• Early data shows single COVID-19 shot remarkably effective: researchers

  The results add to other early findings from studies of vaccine roll-outs in Israel, Scotland and England, which have also pointed to high effectiveness from the first doses.

  Science

  Mar 3
• Canada receives 1st AstraZeneca vaccine shipment as confusion lingers

  Questions about who should receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine continue amid conflicting guidance about its use.

  Canada

  Mar 3
• Canada adds 2,457 new coronavirus cases as country set to receive 1st AstraZeneca shots

  So far, 820,455 people have recovered after contracting the respiratory illness.

  Health

  Mar 2
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• 91% of Saskatchewan long-term care residents receive first COVID-19 vaccine dose

  Saskatchewan health officials say 53 per cent of residents at long-term care homes in the province have now received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

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  Mar 2
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• ‘Risky’ or ‘incredible’? Experts split on delaying 2nd vaccine dose to expand coverage

  The race to vaccinate Canada's population has been amping up, made more urgent by the emergence of COVID-19 variants across the country. 

  Canada

  Mar 2