[adrotate banner=”127″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[adrotate banner=”93″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
HALIFAX:<\/strong> Starting today, May 11, people aged 40 and older can book appointments for the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines at clinics across the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Appointments for COVID-19 vaccines in community clinics and participating pharmacies will be released on a continuous basis as vaccine supply is confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All Nova Scotians are encouraged to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as they are eligible. [adrotate banner=”31″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”126″] [adrotate banner=”34″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”95″] [adrotate group=”6′]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”123″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”127″] [adrotate banner=”93″] HALIFAX: Starting today, May 11, people aged 40 and older can book appointments for the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines at clinics across the province. Appointments for COVID-19 vaccines in community clinics and participating pharmacies will be released on a continuous basis as vaccine supply is confirmed. All Nova Scotians are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[1687,196,2,2095,48,2096],"class_list":["post-21311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-covid19-vaccine","tag-east-hants","tag-fall-river","tag-moderna","tag-n-s","tag-pfizer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The province’s goal continues to be to immunize as many Nova Scotians as quickly as possible, based on age, to reach a high rate of population immunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
COVID-19 vaccination appointments must be made online at https:\/\/www.novascotia.ca\/vaccination<\/a> or by phone at 1-833-797-7772.
Appointments cannot be booked directly through a community clinic, pharmacy or physician. Walk-ins will be turned away.
Quick Facts:
— there are about 62,000 eligible Nova Scotians in the 40 to 44 age group
— this group has been able to book appointments for the AstraZeneca vaccine since April 30<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additional Resources:
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccine: https:\/\/www.novascotia.ca\/coronavirus\/vaccine<\/a>
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Book your vaccination appointment: https:\/\/www.novascotia.ca\/vaccination<\/a>
Rural Transportation Association: https:\/\/ruralrides.ca\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n