Health Minister Paul Merriman announced today that the province will be opening eight more drive-through vaccine clinics in the next week, including one in Moose Jaw.
During a press conference on April 1, Merriman said that an impending delivery of 45,000 AstraZeneca vaccines means the province will be reopening the drive-through clinic in Regina and adding a drive-through clinic in Swift Current to both be open on April 3.
Additional drive-through clinics in Prince Albert, Lloydminster and North Battleford will be operational beginning April 4, and a drive-through location at Prairieland Park in Saskatoon on April 5.
Further drive-through clinics will be arriving throughout next week, including a site in Yorkton and Weyburn on April 6. Moose Jaw will be the final drive-through location to open on April 9.
Public health will also be opening a handful of walk-in clinics to deliver the AstraZeneca vaccines, with those clinics opening in Swift Current on April 2, in Weyburn on April 3, and in Moose Jaw on April 7.
Both the drive-through and walk-in clinics will operate on a first-come-first-served basis, with residents aged 55 and older able to attend the sites for immunization.
Clinic hours will be announced closer to each clinic’s opening date, said a Saskatchewan Health Authority press release.
The AstraZeneca vaccine is currently not recommended to individuals under the age of 55, and Merriman said public health will not be offering this vaccine to residents until age recommendations change.
“We’re very hopeful that age restriction will have movement,” said Merriman. “But right now, we have enough AstraZeneca vaccine to continue vaccinating people over the age of 55. The next crunch of AstraZeneca that comes in, we’ll have some decision points to make at that time.”
