Canada could be mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines by the summer: Tam – CTV
May 12, 2021
TORONTO — Canada’s top doctor believes Canada could be mixing different kinds of COVID-19 vaccines in the next few months, as several provinces have already halted administering first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine over concerns surrounding rare blood clotting.
In an interview during CTV News Channel’s “Get the Facts on the Vax” special on Wednesday, Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam was asked whether Canadians who already received a dose of AstraZeneca would be given a second dose of another brand this summer.”
“That’s a possibility,” she said. “It will be really helpful, because then it makes subsequent doses easier to administer and predict, given the supply.”
