Pharmacies set to begin delivering COVID-19 vaccines by end of April
Pharmacists across Saskatchewan will begin delivering COVID-19 vaccines before the end of the month, making vaccination more readily available to the public and to staff in pharmacy facilities. Pharmacies are set to start delivering vaccines the week of April 26, with a priority focus on immunizing pharmacy and grocery staff who work in facilities where
The province has announced that mobile immunization units will soon be deployed to focus vaccination efforts on first responders and public health workers across the province.
Mobile immunization units are currently providing vaccines to group homes and shelter residents and staff but will be moving on once finished to vaccinate police officers, firefighters and public health vaccines are offered due to the increased risk of exposure.
"As pharmacies begin delivering the COVID-19 vaccine, we know there will be an increased risk of exposure to those frontline staff working in those facilities," said Health Minister Paul Merriman, in a press release. "By making the COVID-19 vaccine available to staff working in the workers dispatched to workplace settings. Paramedics were already prioritized for vaccination during Phase One of the vaccine delivery plan.
"As we continue to make great progress in our vaccine delivery, we are able to utilize our mobile vaccination unit capacity to target those first responders that are assisting in enforcement of our public health orders," said Health Minister Paul pharmacy or attached grocery spaces through the pharmacists delivering the vaccine, these workers will be protected." General public access to vaccines at pharmacies will follow the same age-based sequence as public health clinics have been following.
Pharmacists will also require proof of employment for those working in the facilities
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Merriman, in a press release. Mobile units are expected to finish vaccinating at congregate living settings within the next two weeks. Units will then travel to the central workplaces of the listed first responders to deliver vaccines, to reduce the risk of transmission for personnel as they enforce public health orders.
The vaccination of first responders already began on April 10 and 11 during low where vaccines are being delivered, and pharmacy and grocery staff will be able to receive their vaccine in the facility where they work.
For more information about the vaccine rollout in Saskatchewan, visit saskatchewan.ca.COVID19-vaccine. wait times at the Regina drive-through clinic, as local police officers received a first dose of the vaccine due to heightened concerns of COVID-19 variants.
For more information about the vaccine rollout in Saskatchewan, visit saskatchewan.ca.COVID19-vaccine.