Person receiving COVID vaccine (photo credit: Canadian Press)

By Kevin Rothwell

Additional communities added in Interior Health

Local pharmacies receive top-up of AstraZeneca vaccine

Apr 30, 2021 | 11:40 AM

A small amount of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has been released to communities in Interior Health, including Vernon.

Three new communities – Penticton, Castlegar and Cranbrook – have been added to the pharmacy program. with 19 pharmacy locations.

Interior Health pharmacies already in the program, will also be receiving a top-up of supply. That includes pharmacies in Kamloops, Kelowna, Lake Country, Vernon and West Kelowna.

The following is a list of Vernon pharmacies that have received additional but small quantities of AstraZeneca.

You can register through the hyper-link, with the exception of Nolan’s, which is only taking phone appointments.

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As soon as more AstraZeneca vaccine becomes available, we will update this website.

“I’m heartened that 35 per cent of residents in Interior Health have received vaccinations. It is going to take us some time, but we are getting there,” Vernon Freshco Pharmacy manager Andre Ortmayr, said. “I think Interior Health has done a terrific job at the aged- based clinics, bringing in retired nurses and making the process seemless.”

Ortmayr noted that people who got their first shot of AstraZeneca vaccine in a pharmacy, will need to register for the second dose.