TORONTO Pharmacists across Canada are calling for increased access to the countryâs supply of COVID-19 vaccines as lineups for doses mount. In places like Toronto, London, Ont. and Victoria, B.C., lineups for vaccines can be seen circling the block, prompting pharmacists to speak up about their own unused capabilities to help. âThat s just not an equitable system,â Khalid Bhatti, a pharmacist in Mississauga, Ont., told CTV News. âWe re kind of having people go and line up like animals to get the vaccine when we ve got channels in place.â In April, the Canadian Pharmacists Association called for their further inclusion in Canadaâs vaccine rollout, arguing that that âthousands of pharmacies across the country are still waiting to get involved.â
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Many Canadians in their 40s and early 50s rushed to book AstraZeneca shots Monday as several provinces jumped ahead of the usual immunization advisory process to allow millions more people to get a shot.
British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario decided to open AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine bookings to 40 to 55 year olds after hundreds of thousands of doses went unused by older people. Quebec was expected to also lower the age of eligibility from 55 this week.
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More pharmacies across London soon will be equipped to give COVID-19 vaccines, adding to just two locations now getting doses for older adults, Mayor Ed Holder vowed Thursday.
As desperation and demands for vaccines rise amid the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, adults aged 60 to 64 still aren’t able to book their shots at the mass vaccination clinics in London and Mt. Brydges.
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With just two local pharmacies, both in the city’s northwest, offering the AstraZeneca vaccines to those 55 and older, London has only the same number of options as much smaller neighbours such as St. Thomas and Ingersoll. Those communities also each have two pharmacies receiving doses for the 55-and-older crowd.