Due to a delay in the delivery of the Pfizer vaccine, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health is pausing first-dose vaccinations for staff of long-term care and retirement homes effective immediately.
"Individuals who have already received the first dose will be provided the second dose at a longer interval that does not exceed the 42-day maximum interval" WDGPH said in a news release.
"Canada will now receive even fewer doses than was anticipated when delays were announced earlier this month. As a result, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health will not receive the expected Pfizer vaccine delivery on February 1, 2021 (1,975 doses). As of today, Public Health does not have an expected date to receive additional Pfizer vaccines," said a news release from Public Health.
Public Health said it is pausing first-dose vaccinations and that those appointments will be rescheduled once Pfizer shipments resume.
"Public Health’s priority remains vaccinating long-term care and retirement home residents, staff and essential caregivers and those requiring second dose as soon as possible. Shipments of the Moderna vaccine have not been affected and will continue to be used to vaccinate all long-term care and retirement home residents."
To date, 4,407 people in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Public Health expects all residents of long-term care and retirement homes will be vaccinated by Jan. 27.
