Canada approves mixing and matching Covid-19 vaccine brands
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. Updated: 02 Jun 2021, 05:37 AM IST ANI
Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Dr Theresa Tam said the decision to combine mRNA vaccines interchangeably was 'nothing new' and that the same principle had been applied to different types of vaccines in the past
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Canada on Tuesday recommended mixing and matching of AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines.
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) updated its guidance to provinces and territories on mixing and matching second doses of Covid-19 vaccines and advised Canadians to combine either the AstraZeneca-Oxford, Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna shots interchangeably in certain situations, reported CBC News.