Some N.S. health-care workers still waiting for first dose of COVID-19 vaccine – CBC

Special vaccination clinics for health-care workers were abruptly shut down in early April

May 25, 2021

While many Nova Scotians may assume that all health-care workers in the province are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the unions representing those workers say that’s far from the truth — though no one seems to know exactly how far from the truth.

Whether someone gets a COVID-19 vaccine is private medical information, so neither employers, unions nor the province have exact statistics on vaccination rates.

But health-care unions say they still have members who have not received even a first dose, let alone a second.

Many health-care workers were offered vaccines before the general public at special vaccination clinics beginning in December.

According to the Department of Health and Wellness, about 56,000 doses of vaccines were administered during those clinics, and of those workers who got vaccinated, roughly half received a second dose, too.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/health-care-worker-covid-19-vaccine-rollout-1.6034076