Governments and regulators must step up today to support a profession that's been pushed to its limit as we enter a new stage of the pandemic, say the Canadian Pharmacists Association.
A shipment of 1.1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Rwanda on Saturday included the billionth dose supplied via the COVAX program, the U.N. health agency said.
The new strategy from the Neighbourhood Pharmacy Association of Canada builds on the pandemic-driven momentum that the industry has achieved over the last two years.
It was the first case of COVID-19 to reach Pangnirtung. The Baffin Island hamlet of about 1,400 people had also been dealing with a tuberculosis outbreak since late November.
The authorization says the treatment is greenlit for adult patients with mild or moderate COVID-19 who are also at high risk of becoming more seriously ill.
