Coronavirus: What s happening in Canada and around the world on Saturday
Immunizations for COVID-19 are now officially underway in all provinces as Canada s tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases surpassed 500,000 on Saturday.
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Posted: Dec 19, 2020 1:06 PM ET | Last Updated: December 20, 2020
People people wearing face masks are seen at the Montreal–Trudeau International Airport on Saturday.(Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)
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“We absolutely don’t want any wasted doses,” Roussin said.
He said if someone does not show up for an appointment, front-line staff from a nearby hospital are brought in for the shot.
There have been a few cases this week in Ontario where people who were scheduled for vaccinations were unable to get them, said Ana Fernandes, a public affairs adviser for the University Health Network.
The Ontario government has prioritized people working in long-term care homes in its COVID-19 vaccination pilot sites and there are strict criteria for who can take it.
Fernandes said officials have created a list of people who work in emergency rooms, intensive care departments and COVID-19 units in nearby hospitals. Twice a day, if there are unused doses, calls are made to people on the list.
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No wasted doses: Health officials making plans to ensure no vaccine tossed away
by Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press
Posted Dec 18, 2020 4:19 pm EDT
Last Updated Dec 18, 2020 at 4:26 pm EDT
Some health officials say they are making plans to ensure not a single drop of COVID-19 vaccine is wasted.
Many regions have created standby lists of health-care workers in hospitals near vaccination clinics, so those workers can be called for any spare doses that need to be administered fast.
“We don’t want any wastage of such a scarce resource like this,” Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba’s chief provincial public health officer, said Thursday.
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