Alexandra Hilkene, spokesperson for the Ontario health ministry, said in an email on Sunday that Ontario residents who received a first dose of an mRNA vaccine should be offered the same mRNA vaccine for their second dose. But if the same mRNA vaccine is not available, another mRNA vaccine can be offered instead to complete the vaccination, Hilkene said. "As of today, COVax will remove restrictions on mixing mRNA vaccines and simply provide an alert to the vaccinator," Hilkene said in the email. Dr. Sumon Chakrabarti, an Infectious disease specialist, said there's no confusion about the efficacy of mixing vaccines, but putting it into practice is a different matter. Ontario expects to receive 4.7 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine through June, and recently 193,000 more doses of the Moderna vaccine landed in the province.

Source: CBC News June 06, 2021 18:03 UTC