I suspect that Astra Zeneca has not yet arrived and it will be one of the earlier approved vaccines. It is simple enough to ask during the phone call.
Are you sure? That number is for non medical covid19 information.
That is weird?! I live in Coastal Health and had been in touch with HealthGateway mid-week and they said there was lots of misinformation, including in the media, about what the plan for vaccine registration was going to be and to wait until Monday for the rollout. So I am not sure why they would have shared that with you and not the media or the public?
Huh? Actually, Astra Z is a two dose vaccine and isn't as effective as Pfizer or Moderna against the South African variant for preventing symptomatic infections, but is effective at preventing hospitalizations and deaths.
Astra Zeneca in trail has 0 deaths, 0 hospitalizations and 0 reaction to the injections. You may get mild symptoms, but you won't end up in hospital or worse. Neither Pfizer nor Moderna can make this claim.
South Africa stopped its Astra Zeneca vaccination program because its scientists found the drug was not helping enough to stop the South African variant B1351.
Just called them to book but NOPE - not accepting any reservations. Will have to wait for Public Health to call. Was misinformed on Friday.
You will be eligible to call your regional public health authority to book your vaccination appointment based on your age cohort - over 90s starting March 8, over 85s starting March 15, over 80s starting March 22. The numbers have been posted online and you are expected to actually receive the vaccination the week following your call.
Truly, humanity had a very lucky break with the vaccine since scientists had started on working on the foundational concepts many years ago. This wasn't out of the blue.
Apparently that all came from one faulty recalled batch, will be interesting if it happens with different batches, lots of eyes on this one!
