Health Canada has officially approved the Pfizer vaccine for use in kids aged 5 to 11, and about three million doses are expected to be shipped to Canada for the rollout immediately.
The agency's chief medical adviser, Doctor Supriya Sharma, says this is another tool in the fight against COVID-19 that will allow children to safely return to activities they have missed in the last 20 months.
We caught up with Barrett Procyshyn and he says that it is a great plan to offer the vaccine to kids aged 5-11 but the rollout hasn't happened soon enough.
"It's a great plan and it hasn't happened soon enough. They have been doing it in the United States for a week or two now and it's going well and it's been shown to be safe and the dose is tailored to that age group,"
He also says they expect lots of questions from parents about the vaccine and that giving the vaccine out at a pharmacy gives concerned parents and kids the chance to ask as many questions to help with any concerns or nerves about getting the needle.
He expects the doses to be at the Dauphin Clinic Pharmacy by December 1st at the latest.
