Posted: Apr 29, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: April 29
A medical worker prepares a dose of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine at a centre in Antwerp, Belgium, on March 18, 2021. Nova Scotia has lowered the eligibility age for the vaccine to 40.(Yves Herman/Reuters)
Some pharmacists in Nova Scotia say we re about to find out how popular or unpopular the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine is in the province.
Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia s chief medical officer of health, announced Wednesday the province is lowering the age for AstraZeneca eligibility to 40 years old.
His announcement comes at a time when there are 11,000 doses of the vaccine sitting in refrigerators across the province, with no appointments booked to get those shots in arms.