Paul Merriman is standing by his comments made on Wednesday, saying the province was told to hold back on distributing the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine.His position on the issue comes despite Public Health Agency of Canada telling Global News Friday otherwise.
Saskatchewan no longer holding back coronavirus vaccine doses “There is no requirement from the federal government to hold back the second dose in the vaccine series,” Public Health Agency of Canada said in an emailed statement.“However, Health Canada recommends that Canadians receive both doses of the same vaccine, as close as possible to the authorized dosing regimen for each vaccine.”Merriman told reporters on Friday that he was following instruction from.