AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine next week.The shipment will carry 13,000 doses of the vaccine that Health Canada approved on Feb.
26.“This vaccine provides another tool in our fight against COVID-19 and builds on the roll-out that is already underway in our province as we work to vaccinate all Nova Scotians,” Premier Iain Rankin said in a news release.“We are pleased that conversations with Doctors Nova Scotia and the Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia have resulted in a commitment from them to develop a plan by next week.”The AstraZeneca vaccine is the third approved for use in Canada.
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