Ontario has been directed to withdraw and destroy all remaining provides of final 12 months’s COVID-19 vaccines whereas it awaits supply of an up to date shot, which is simply anticipated to reach in October, the well being ministry confirms.
Reached by CTV Information, an Ontario well being ministry spokesperson wrote in an announcement that “vaccines shall be obtainable as soon as Ontario receives provide from Well being Canada following their regulatory authorization of the brand new, up to date vaccine formulation.”
“It’s estimated Ontario, and different provinces, will obtain provide from Well being Canada in October,” she added.
Alberta’s well being ministry has confirmed the same scenario, the place old-strain COVID-19 vaccines are now not obtainable.
Well being Canada instructed CTV Information Calgary that the swap ought to be timed so that there’s uninterrupted entry to vaccines.
CTV Information has sought additional remark from Well being Canada on what it is going to do to treatment what seems to be a widespread hole in entry to vaccines.
Extra particulars to come back.