Alberta to Stop Giving First Doses of AstraZeneca COVID 19 Shot: Media Report

A vial of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is seen with injection supplies at a clinic in Winnipeg, on March 19, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

The Globe and Mail is reporting that Alberta has stopped administering first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in favour of other types of immunization.

The newspaper quotes Kristin Klein, the co-lead of the province’s vaccine task force, as saying the province has decided to shift to mRNA vaccines for first doses.