Over the past few weeks, pharmacies have been inviting patients who received first doses at their pharmacy for their second dose. Some patients also received a first dose of AstraZeneca from public health clinics, and pharmacies have been…
Today, the provincial government announced that anyone who received their first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at their local pharmacy can receive their second dose at community pharmacies.
June 1, 2021 - Since a May 12, 2021 announcement pausing first doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines in pharmacy, no second or first doses of AstraZeneca are being offered in B.C. pharmacy currently.
Mitch Moneo has worked with the Ministry of Health’s Pharmaceutical Services Division since 2004 and was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister of the division in 2017. He was one of the speakers at the BCPhA Annual Conference, which was delivered virtually this year in March, where he revealed his…
Learn about how some of our community pharmacies in British Columbia are taking the fight to COVID-19. Across the province, community pharmacists are each doing their part to meet patients’ needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether that means administering COVID-19 vaccines or ensuring…