{"id":21406,"date":"2021-05-17T12:48:28","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T15:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=21406"},"modified":"2021-05-17T12:48:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T15:48:28","slug":"covid19-people-aged-30-34-now-eligible-for-moderna-pfizer-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=21406","title":{"rendered":"COVID19: People aged 30-34 now eligible for Moderna, Pfizer vaccines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;105&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;95&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HALIFAX:<\/strong> The province has announced that beginning today, May 17, those who are between 30 and older can book appointments for the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines at clinics across the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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<p>All Nova Scotians are encouraged to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as they are eligible.<br \/><br \/>The province&#8217;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<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<br \/><br \/>COVID-19 vaccination appointments must be made online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novascotia.ca\/vaccination\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.novascotia.ca\/vaccination<\/a> or by phone at 1-833-797-7772.<br \/><br \/>Appointments cannot be booked directly through a community clinic, pharmacy or physician. Walk-ins will be turned away.<br \/><br \/>Quick Facts:<br \/>&#8212; there are about 64,300 eligible Nova Scotians in the 30 to 34 age group<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;6&#8243;]<br \/><br \/>Additional Resources:<br \/>Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novascotia.ca\/coronavirus\/vaccine\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.novascotia.ca\/coronavirus\/vaccine<\/a><br \/><br \/>Coronavirus (COVID-19) book your vaccination appointment: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novascotia.ca\/vaccination\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.novascotia.ca\/vaccination<\/a><br \/><br \/>Rural Transportation Association: <a href=\"https:\/\/ruralrides.ca\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ruralrides.ca\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;7&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;123&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;105&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;95&#8243;] HALIFAX: The province has announced that beginning today, May 17, those who are between 30 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 [&hellip;]<\/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":[1687,50,2095,48,2096],"class_list":["post-21406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-covid19-vaccine","tag-halifax","tag-moderna","tag-n-s","tag-pfizer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21406","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=21406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21406\/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=21406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}