Chéticamp's Dr. Chiasson on COVID-19 Vaccines
Channel: CHNE-TV
Date: 2020-12-23

We spoke with Dr. Michel Chiasson from Chéticamp’s Sacred Heart Community Heath Centre about COVID-19 vaccines.
Nova Scotia started vaccinating last week. According to government plans, front-line health care workers and long-term care staff in the Central Zone will receive their vaccine by the end of the month. Here in the Eastern Zone, the Cape Breton Regional Hospital will be set up as a storage unit for vaccines and will be receiving 1,950 doses the first week of January.
Details about immunization clinics are still being worked out -- so far, the province said that between now and March 2021, it will focus on healthcare workers across the province as well as long-term care staff & residents, and seniors of 70 years and more (starting with those who are 80 and older, then 75 and older, then 70 and older.)
In our interview with Dr. Chiasson, he tells us more about the vaccines, including how they work and what to expect.