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Health Canada agrees to extend shelf-life of AstraZeneca as variant from India ups COVID threat A health official draws a dose of the AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine. Photo by REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
Will Health Canada’s decision to grant an extension to the best-before date on thousands of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses further spook public confidence in the troubled shots, or is there nothing really magical about drug expiry dates?
The drug regulator offered few details Saturday when it announced it was granting a one-month extension to the shelf life of two lots of AstraZeneca’s vaccines totalling about 49,000 doses. Any injections formerly set to expire Monday could now be used until July 1, the agency said.
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Posted: Feb 12, 2021 11:10 AM MT | Last Updated: February 12 Westjet employees wearing masks wait for passengers at the Calgary Airport in Calgary. Alberta s chief medical officer of health announced Thursday the province would suspend its border pilot at the Calgary airport when new federal testing requirements come into effect.(Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)