Prince Albert drive-thru vaccine clinic open this weekend
On Friday the SHA announced that the clinic will be open May 14 and May 15.
The clinic will be open from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on May 14 and 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on May 15 or until all vaccines are administered.
The clinic is located at the Thorpe Industries Warehouse, 1 Pine Street, east of the Provincial Forest Fire Control Center- North of Prince Albert on Highway 2. Direction signs are posted.
There will be no public washrooms on site.
The drive-thru site is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Effective, 8:00 a.m. tomorrow eligibility in the provincial age-based immunization program moves to 20 years of age and older, except for residents living in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District, where it remains at age 18 and older. This applies to all immunization clinics: booked appointments, pharmacies, drive-thru/walk-in, and mobile.
Prince Albert drive thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic opens Saturday
A nurse draws a dose from a vaccine vial in Prince Albert. Photo courtesy SHA
Prince Albert will now be opening a drive-thru COVID-19 immunization clinic beginning Saturday April 3rd, 2021, one day earlier than originally announced on Thursday.
This clinic will be administering the AstraZeneca vaccine.
This is as a result of an earlier than expected allocations of AstraZeneca and Saskatchewan is scheduled to receive approximately 55,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine between April 1 and April 7.
Other communities that will see additional clinics include Regina, Saskatoon, Yorkton, Moose Jaw, Weyburn, Swift Current, Lloydminster and North Battleford.
Over 1,000 vaccines administered at Prince Albert drive-thru
The lineup was still busy at the Prince Albert COVID-19 Vaccine Drive Thru clinic on Saturday afternoon./Michael Oleksyn/Daily Herald
Over 1,000 people took advantage of the local drive-thru COVID-19 immunization site, according to figures from the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA). From April 3 to April 5 there were 1,264 people who received their AstraZeneca Vaccine.
On the opening day, Saturday April 5 there were 500 vaccines administered, on Sunday, April 4 there 398 more vaccines administered and on Monday, April 5 there were 372 vaccines administered. Numbers for Tuesday were not available from the SHA.
The clinic is running for one last day on Wednesday, April 7 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and is located at the