Due to a province-wide delay in the Pfizer vaccine deliveries this week, the Eastern Ontario Health Unit’s mass vaccination clinics will be administering Moderna vaccine (first or second dose) to all adults scheduled for vaccinations at its mass immunization clinics in the coming days.
The health unit says Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are interchangeable, and are equally safe and effective.
The health unit adds both vaccines provide excellent protection against COVID-19 and its variants, including the Delta variant.
If you had AstraZeneca for your first dose you can safely take either Moderna, Pfizer or AstraZeneca for your second dose for strong protection.
The current remaining supply of Pfizer vaccine will be reserved for youth between the ages of 12 and 17, since this is only vaccine approved for this age group at this time.
Delivery of Pfizer vaccine supply is expected to resume later this week.
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