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The pandemic put pressure on lots of things: including doctors’ relationships.

While some pharmacies bought new systems to handle COVID-19 vaccine bookings, DrugSmart pharmacies decided to use their existing virtual care platform to plan appointments.

New guidance from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization Thursday said Pfizer or Moderna is preferred as a second dose.

The province's position comes after the National Advisory Committee on Immunization said yesterday that people who got AstraZeneca as a first shot should get the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna mRNA vaccines as a second.

Health Canada grants interim authorization to Roche’s casirivimab and imdevimab.

Previously, NACI had said AstraZeneca recipients could choose whether to get a second dose of the same vaccine, or an mRNA vaccine.

All adults in the province who got their first dose on or after May 10 can book an earlier second shot starting the week of June 28.