Central Zone runs out of COVID vaccine
Officials with Alberta Health Services (AHS) confirm the Central Zone has completely run out of vaccine to inoculate against COVID-19.
AHS spokesperson Melissa Ballantyne says it happened over the weekend.
“AHS has the capacity to deliver 50,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine per week, subject to vaccine supply coming into Alberta,” says Ballantyne in a statement to rdnewsNOW. “Providing immunizations is not an issue – supply is.”
Ballantyne says while AHS has the ability and capacity to complete all immunizations at long-term care (LTC) and designated supportive living (DSL) facilities by the end of the week, they may not have the required vaccine supply to achieve that.