H1N1 flu surge causes run on vaccine supply in B.C.
Albertans have been travelling west to pay for shots after many pharmacies there ran out
CBC.ca
Jan 12, 2014
As the province’s flu vaccine supply dwindles, health officials in B.C. are advising people still looking for flu shots to call clinics in advance.
In Metro Vancouver, some pharmacies reported Saturday that they were running very low or had already run out of this year’s flu vaccine.
Doug Ma, a pharmacist at Pure Integrative Pharmacy in downtown Vancouver, told CBC News that he’s never seen a flu season so busy.
“We ran out yesterday afternoon, which was a first time that’s ever happened in the last couple of years,” he said Saturday. “Even after that, we’ve been getting requests probably several times an hour, every hour.”
“People have been calling around to multiple pharmacies, unable to find any,” Ma said.
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