Conflicting recommendations around AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine and over-65s
Health Canada approved the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine Friday, but the National Advisory Committee on Immunization has warned against giving it to people who are 65 or older. And while the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines require two doses, recommended three to four weeks apart, B.C. is pursuing a plan to delay the second dose by four months, in order to vaccinate more people with the initial round. Matt Galloway addresses the confusion some Canadians may be feeling with Dr. Supriya Sharma, chief medical adviser for Health Canada, and Dr. Sumon Chakrabarti, an infectious disease physician at Trillium Health Partners in Mississauga, Ont.