Sask. expects 15,000 doses of just-approved AstraZeneca vaccine in weeks Federal approval of a third COVID-19 vaccine on Friday came as Saskatchewan administered 3,545 doses from Pfizer and Moderna.
Author of the article: Arthur White-Crummey
Publishing date: Feb 26, 2021 • February 26, 2021 • 4 minute read • Covid testing and assessment staff work at the COVID-19 drive-thru test site at International Trade Centre in Regina on Thursday Feb. 18, 2021. Once enough vaccinations arrive, the site will become an drive-thru immunization site. Photo by Michael Bell /The Canadian Press
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Saskatchewan’s inoculation effort is again rolling at high gear as health workers give thousands of doses and await a third vaccine just approved by Health Canada.
Suresh Tikoo, the University of Saskatchewan's School of Public Health director of Vaccinology and Immunotherapeutics weighed in on the provincial discussion around the COVID-19 vaccine, which he says isn't going that bad.
We all have come to loathe the federal-provincial fights that have defined politics in this country. What we loathe most is that we all know politicians engage in and sometimes even create these mock battles for no better reason than their own political gain. Smaller provinces like Saskatchewan, that almost invariably send more opposition politicians to Ottawa than governing ones, are especially notorious for escalating tensions at least partly.
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