The Saskatchewan government has officially announced that pharmacists will have a key role in delivering vaccines for the province’s COVID-19 mass vaccination program. Community pharmacies will have COVID-19 vaccines available in Phase 2 of the province’s immunization plan, creating more public access to doses and improving the rate of vaccination across Saskatchewan. The government is […]
Health Canada is on track to give the green light to a third COVID-19 vaccine within the next two weeks and a fourth may not be far behind, offering a glimmer of hope at the end of a week of nothing but vaccine vexation. Eric Morrissette, chief of media relations at Health Canada, said Friday […]
Premier Scott Moe admits the pace of the province’s vaccination program is off to more of a “sluggish start” than what the government had hoped for at this point. While he points to the province seeing a dramatic improvement in the rate of vaccinations in the province, Moe acknowledged his concerns of the delay in […]
The president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities says 2020 was a challenging year. Ray Orb says covid-19 and dry weather created difficulties on the farm. He adds the livestock industry faced a backlog from temporary packing plant closures due to the coronavirus. Orb says Ottawa’s plan to raise the carbon tax from 30 […]
OTTAWA – Health Canada says the COVID-19 vaccine from U.S. biotech firm Moderna is safe for use in Canada. The vaccine is the second to be greenlit in Canada, following the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine on Dec. 9. Moderna anticipates starting shipments to Canada within the next 48 hours. Up to 168,000 doses are set to arrive […]
Health Canada says it will “soon” be ready to announce if it can authorize a second COVID-19 vaccine after receiving final documents from U.S. biotech firm Moderna over the weekend. Moderna’s new Canadian general manager — hired just three weeks ago to establish a Canadian office for the company — said Moderna’s team and Health […]
The provincial government calls it “an early holiday gift” as phase one of the province’s vaccine delivery plan is set to begin next week with another shipment of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine. The shipment could arrive as early as December 21 in Saskatoon. “It was welcome news when we learned that the first shipment would […]
Saskatchewan’s COVID-19 vaccines are being administered after Tuesday’s first shots were given to health care professionals in Regina. Priority populations in Saskatchewan will be receiving the vaccine over the coming weeks starting with a pilot project for 1,950 healthcare workers in ICUs, emergency and COVID units at Regina’s General and Pasqua hospitals, along with staff […]
A plant-based COVID-19 vaccine could become a reality next year. The CEO of Saskatoon-based ZYUS Life Sciences, Brent Zettl, says through their partnership with VIDO-Intervac on the University of Saskatchewan campus, pre-clinical trials on animals will begin early next year. The proteins in vaccines are usually animal-based, so this model would be unique. Zettl says […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada has signed a contract to receive up to 168,000 doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine before the end of December. The Moderna vaccine has not yet been approved by Health Canada but Trudeau says deliveries could begin within 48 hours of that happening. The chief medical adviser at Health Canada, […]
