Le mpumelelo yakhela kuxanduva lwangaphambili loosokhemesti kwimpilo yoluntu, kubandakanywa nendima yabo yokugonya umkhuhlane, isifo sepneumococcal, kunye nediphtheria-tetanus-pertussis. Kunyaka ophelileyo, oosokhemesti base-Alberta balawula ngaphezulu kwesigidi sokudubula komkhuhlane, kwaye kulo nyaka baye bakhawuleza baba ngabona baboneleli ngomkhuhlane, belawula i-80% yazo zonke izithonga zomkhuhlane kwiphondo. Oosokhemesti banokubonelela abantu base-Albert abaneminyaka engama-65 ukuya phezulu ngesitofu sabo sokugonya i-pneumococcal (pneumo) kwaye bakhusele abasetyhini abakhulelweyo ngokuchasene ne-diphtheria-tetanus kunye ne-pertussis (dTap).
Ngokufaneleka okwandisiweyo kutsha nje kweedosi ze-COVID-19 ze-booster kwiphondo, kucacile ukuba oosokhemesti base-Alberta baya kuqhubeka bexakekile kunangaphambili njengoko besebenzela ukuhlangabezana nemfuno yabantu base-Alberta kwizitofu zokugonya ezixhaswa ngurhulumente kwikhemesti yasekuhlaleni.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- With the recently expanded eligibility for COVID-19 booster doses in the province, it is clear that Alberta pharmacists will continue to be busier than ever as they work to meet Albertans’.
- Last year, Alberta pharmacists administered over a million flu shots, and this year have also quickly become the number one provider of flu shots, having administered 80% of all flu shots in the province.
- Pharmacists can also provide Albertans aged 65 and up with their pneumococcal (pneumo) vaccine and protect pregnant women against diptheria-tetanus and pertussis (dTap).
