The Gray Bruce Health Unit. (Matt Hermiz / Bayshore Broadcasting) The Gray Bruce Health Unit reports that it has received a limited supply of the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine. Public Health says the Novavax Nuvaxovid protein-free mRNa vaccine was approved by Health Canada in February for use in adults 18 years of age and older. An announcement from the Health Unit states that the Novavax vaccine may be an alternative for people with allergies to mRNA vaccines or for people who cannot or do not want to receive an mRNA vaccine. Novavax is the first recombinant COVID-19 protein subunit vaccine approved in Canada. Protein subunit vaccines are already being used to protect people from other diseases, such as hepatitis B. “We are excited to receive our first shipment of Novavax vaccines to the Gray Bruce Health Unit, which will help our goal of enabling as many people as possible to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as possible,” says Gray Bruce Health. . Unit physician consultant Dr. Rim Zayed. The Gray Bruce Health Unit says it is now contacting people who have added their name to a waiting list for Novavax. Others interested in receiving the vaccine are invited to call Public Health at 519-376-9420. The National Immunization Advisory Committee continues to preferably recommend the use of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines for most people because of the excellent protection they provide against serious illness and hospitalization and their well-known safety profiles.
