Here is a summary of the COVID-19 news shared over the past week, collected by Moose Jaw Today.com staff:
All Saskatchewan residents 12 years and older who have received their first dose of vaccine are now be eligible to receive their second dose following a 28-day interval.
The provincial government is encouraging residents to receive their second dose as soon as they are eligible, due to the Delta variant’s presence in Saskatchewan. Pfizer and Moderna (mRNA) vaccines are interchangeable for second doses. Residents who received Pfizer or Moderna as their first dose should take whichever of those two vaccines is available to them when they become eligible for their second dose. If you received AstraZeneca as a first dose, you may also receive either Pfizer or Moderna for a second dose.
Please note that Pfizer is currently the only vaccine approved for youth 12 and up.
Information on how to book your appointment is available at www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-booking
Phase Two of the province’s reopening plan is now underway, as of June 20.
Last week the Government of Saskatchewan announced that Phase Three would begin on July 11. This will include the lifting of all public health orders, including limits on gathering sizes and the public masking mandate.
Earlier this week Premier Scott Moe defended the decision to lift public health orders on July 11.
He says the target of 70 per cent of residents aged 12 and up having received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is “not the finish line, it's the benchmark so that we can move forward.”
Vaccination clinics will be available in Moose Jaw this week, including a walk-in clinic at the Exhibition Grounds from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. You can find more information about clinics at www.sasaktchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine
