Mixing Vaccines

• British Columbia opens doors for additional COVID-19 vaccine for U.S. travel

  B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says she is still optimistic that America will allow travellers who have mixed doses and AstraZeneca into the country.

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  Oct 1, 2021
  
• Thinking of travelling? Here’s where mixed COVID-19 vaccines aren’t accepted

  As the world reopens, not all are recognizing a mix of vaccines from different makers as fully vaccinated,

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  Aug 4, 2021
  
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• COVID-19 vaccine wastage concerns in Canada as Moderna doses expire this week

  Pharmacies in Ontario looking to transfer supplies as thousands of doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine are set to expire on Friday.

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  Aug 2, 2021
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• AstraZeneca-Pfizer mix provides more antibodies than 2 AstraZeneca doses: study

  The data provides further support for the decision of several countries to offer alternatives to AstraZeneca as a second shot after the vaccine was linked to rare blood clots.

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  Jul 26, 2021
• Ontario asks feds to work with WHO on ensuring mixed COVID-19 vaccines recognized abroad

  Ontario has asked the federal government to ensure Canadians who received mixed COVID-19 vaccines will be recognized for international travel as border measures lift.

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  Jul 26, 2021
• Data in favour of mixing COVID-19 vaccines, but long-term effects unknown: experts

  WHO’s chief scientist has cautioned individuals against mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines on their own without public health guidance.

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  Jul 12, 2021
• Kingston’s medical officer of health mixes COVID-19 vaccines for 1st, 2nd doses

  Dr. Hugh Guan, KFL&A Public Health's associate medical officer of health, received Moderna as his second dose after receiving Pfizer for his first.

  Canada

  Jun 22, 2021
• Canada wants Moderna doses from U.S. to make up for delivery delays

  As of Friday, Moderna has delivered or scheduled less than half of the 12.3 million doses initially promised for the second quarter.

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  Jun 4, 2021
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• Clinic administers wrong second COVID-19 vaccine dose to Thompson, Man. woman

  A woman in Thompson, Man., says she was grateful to get her second COVID-19 dose on the weekend, but she was concerned when she was told she was given the wrong vaccine.

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  Jun 2, 2021
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• Albertans being sought for national study on mixing COVID-19 vaccines

  The study will enrol participants who received any of Canada’s approved vaccines. Participants are required to be 18 and over and those pregnant are excluded from the trial.

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  May 20, 2021