Fraser Health’s flu shot supply is almost out
Posted December 1, 2014 12:55 pm.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Flu shot supply in the Fraser Health region is almost out, according to the authority.
Some pharmacies say they ran out weeks ago and have been asking for more but are continually being told to keep calling back.
This comes on the deadline for health care workers to have the shot. But Dr. Michelle Murti with Fraser Health insists it’s not a problem.
“We do still have some supplies,” she tells us. “I think some of the health units had to slow down, in terms of how much they could give out, just as we are nearing the end of this product.”
Murti won’t say how many of the 450,000 doses are gone but they are expecting a new shipment of 25,000 sometime next week.
“We had to put in a request for additional products because we’ve had so much uptake this year.”
