“you can receive a second dose of astrazeneca vaccine, and we will ensure that we have enough astrazeneca available for everybody who wants to receive their second dose of astrazeneca.
“the other option that you have, if you wish to, is to receive a messenger rna (pfizer or moderna) as your dose 2.
“if you chose a second dose of astrazeneca it will be administered at a pharmacy. if you want an mrna vaccine it will be administered at an immunization clinic,” she said.
after the astrazeneca doses on hand are used, b.c. will no longer use the vaccine.
“if you received your vaccine at a pharmacy, the pharmacy will contact you to book your next appointment. we ask that you please don’t contact the pharmacies to book — they will contact you,” henry said.
henry said there were 199 cases of covid-19 reported over the past day and two deaths. there are now 2,563 active cases of the disease, of which 224 are being treated in hospital including 62 in intensive care.
all these covid-19 figures are improving.
as of wednesday, 71.8 per cent of adults in b.c. have received at least one dose of vaccine and 229,585 people have received their second dose for maximum protection (just over five per cent of adults).