U of R Rams season ends in Mitchell Bowl to Laval
13h ago
The Rams last appeared in the Vanier Cup in 2000.
The drive-through AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Regina’s Evraz Place has run dry.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority said in a tweet just before 7 p.m., that it had exhausted its supply of the vaccine Monday, one week after the clinic opened to the public.
❗️UPDATE❗️The Regina Drive Thru immunization site line is now CLOSED. We have run out of vaccine.
Thank you for your patience + understanding as we worked to exhaust the pilot vaccine supply.
Please note, the closure is temporary until more vaccine supply becomes available.
— Saskatchewan Health Authority (@SaskHealth) March 23, 2021
“Thank you for your patience and understanding as we worked to exhaust the pilot vaccine supply,” the tweet said. “Please note, the closure is temporary until more vaccine supply becomes available.”
The first-come, first-served clinic had been open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., since opening.
The SHA deployed 15,500 AstraZeneca doses to the clinic, which opened on March 14 to Phase 1 health-care workers and on March 15 to people aged 64.
The eligibility for members of the public eventually dropped to 60, then increased after the National Advisory Committee on Immunization said AstraZeneca could be given to people aged 65 and over.
By Thursday evening, anyone between the ages of 60 and 69 was eligible, and then people over the age of 69 were added.
On Saturday, the clinic started accepting anyone aged 59 and over before allowing 58-year-olds to attend starting Sunday evening.
Through Sunday, the clinic had administered 14,272 doses, including 2,362 on Sunday.
“We want to thank everyone for your patience, positivity and feedback as we set up the first immunization drive-through in the province,” Laveena Tratch, the SHA’s vaccine chief for Regina’s Integrated Health Incident Command, said in an earlier release.
“We’ve been able to refine the process first established with drive-through testing and have taken those valuable lessons learned to share with other drive-through planning teams. We’ve even had other provinces asking about what we’ve done and learned.”
The AstraZeneca supply was sent to Regina due to a high number of cases in the region. The province is expecting to receive more doses of the various approved vaccines in the coming weeks.
“Saskatchewan residents are being vaccinated as fast as supply allows, and it is happening in phases so people most at risk get it first, including areas with increased risk of variants of concern,” the SHA release said. “More groups and areas will be eligible as Saskatchewan receives more doses.”