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Officials in some COVID-19 hot spots awaited word on immunization efforts Saturday after learning Health Canada was holding back expected Johnson & Johnson vaccines over safety concerns, while several provinces continued to set new critical care and case count records.
Mayor Karen Sorensen of Banff, Alta., thanked provincial health officials for exploring alternate sources Saturday after learning shipments of the single-dose vaccine expected to arrive in Alberta Monday were paused.
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Banff Mayor Karen Sorensen issued a statement saying front-line workers need the vaccines.
She also thanked provincial health officials for exploring other sources to help immunize high-risk areas as soon as possible.
Residents of Banff were among several priority groups across Canada looking forward to the promise of J&J shipments next week.
Plans to distribute the first 300,000 doses are on hold after Health Canada learned part of the vaccines were manufactured at a Maryland facility that messed up the ingredients in 15 million doses bound for the U.S. market.
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A pharmacists fills a syringe from a vial of the Janssen, Johnson & Johnson, COVID-19 vaccine at the Vaccine Village in Antwerp, Belgium, Friday, April 30, 2021. The mayor of a COVID-19 hot spot in Alberta says she s disappointed that Johnson & Johnson vaccines earmarked for her community are delayed but she values the work Health Canada is doing to ensure every dose is safe.
Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Virginia Mayo May 01, 2021 - 12:54 PM The mayor of a COVID-19 hot spot in Alberta says she s disappointed that Johnson & Johnson vaccines earmarked for her community are delayed, but values the work Health Canada is doing to ensure every dose is safe.
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