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Some Alberta pharmacies are cancelling immunization appointments due to late vaccine shipments.
The province’s seasonal immunization campaign began today, although Alberta’s health minister said a distribution “glitch” led to vaccines not being delivered accordingly.
Bukola Akande, a west-end pharmacy manager, told CTV News Edmonton on Tuesday they’ve received flu vaccines but are waiting for the COVID-19 vaccines to arrive.
“We were fully booked. We had to call everybody and tell them the situation,” said Akande, who is experiencing not having vaccines on Day 1 of the immunization campaign for the first time.
According to Adriana LaGrange, Alberta’s health minister, pharmacies should receive their shipments by Oct. 18.
This is the second time distribution issues derailed previous plans to have vaccines available at doctor’s offices and nurse practitioner clinics.
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