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Starting today Nova Scotians 60 and older can book appointments for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines.
The vaccines are available at community clinics and participating pharmacy and primary care clinics.
Health officials say some AstraZeneca vaccine appointments remain open for people who are 55 to 64 years old.
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Meanwhile, the province reported a total of nine new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday after two school-based cases were identified later in the day.
All Nova Scotians could get one shot of COVID-19 vaccine by end of June, Premier Iain Rankin says Keith Doucette Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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New federal guidelines on increasing the interval between vaccine doses should permit all Nova Scotians who want a COVID-19 vaccine to get one shot by the end of June, Premier Iain Rankin said Thursday.
The new recommendations by the national panel of vaccine experts mean the province can stop holding back half its vaccine supply as booster shots and instead vaccinate more people with a single dose, Rankin said.