COVID-19 vaccine and is now seeking compensation from a federal program designed to support such individuals.Murry Hellekson said two weeks after receiving his first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine in April, he began experiencing tingling in his fingers and numbness on the bottom of his feet.After going to the hospital and getting blood work done, Hellekson said he was sent home but his condition continued to decline.“I couldn’t pick up things that I could normally grasp and pick up, and then I went to leave the work station and my left leg wouldn’t work and I went down to one knee, and then I started panicking,” he said.The Edson, Alta., man said after being sent home from the hospital a second time, he was eventually sent to meet with.