Protecting the health, safety and well-being of Pharmasave customers and staff is always our highest priority.
As independently owned retail stores, we continue to support our communities in preventing the spread of COVID-19 by following both the guidelines of Health Canada and local health authorities in each province.
Pharmasave wishes you and your family continued health.
Health Canada advises that over time, protection from COVID-19 vaccines can decrease. Booster doses trigger your immune system to make more antibodies, which can increase the immune response and help improve protection against COVID-19. Staying up to date with your COVID-19 vaccinations, including boosters, will help protect you from severe COVID-19 disease. This is especially important for those who are at higher risk of more severe disease or outcomes from COVID-19 infection.
Read more information from Health Canada on COVID-19 vaccines and booster doses.
For information about vaccines in general, please visit the Public Health Agency of Canada website.
COVID-19 Vaccine Resources
Where to find more information about COVID-19:
If you are looking for resources and information about COVID-19, the Public Health Agency of Canada has the most up-to-date information to help you stay current on the evolving health situation. Please visit their website or call 1-833-784-4397.
For global updates, please visit the World Health Organization website.
For local information on COVID-19, please visit your local public health website.
If you have symptoms of fever, cough or trouble breathing, do not visit the pharmacy.
You may notice that our phones are busier than normal, so please have patience with us while we work to meet everyone’s needs. There are many ways for pharmacists to help you get your medications during the COVID-19 outbreak. If you have a new prescription or refill, we offer other convenient options to help you get your prescriptions filled. For instance, you can take advantage of our eCare@Pharmasave suite of digital health tools.
Visit Pharmasave.com/prescriptions/ or download our eCare@Pharmasave app to:
If you have completely run out of your medication and do not have a current prescription, call your regular Pharmasave. During the COVID-19 outbreak, our pharmacists’ priority is to ensure that you have the medications you need, even if you have run out of refills
Not sure how to get in touch with your pharmacy? Use our store locator for help.
For more information on how Pharmasave can help you with your prescriptions, visit our blog.
There’s nothing unusual about suffering from seasonal allergies this time of year. That is, there never used to be – until COVID-19 came along. Now, what’s making this allergy season out-of-the-ordinary is that some allergy symptoms overlap with symptoms of COVID-19.
Not feeling well and unsure if you need to be tested for COVID-19? View our Comparison chart: COVID-19 vs. cold, flu and allergies and find links to provincial self-assessment tools below to help you determine if you should be tested.
British Columbia: COVID-19 Self-Assessment Tool (gov.bc.ca)
Alberta: Health Services COVID-19 Self-Assessment
Saskatchewan: Self-Monitoring | Living with COVID
Manitoba: Shared Health COVID-19 Screening Tool
Ontario: Ontario Health COVID-19 Self-Assessment
New Brunswick: Public Health COVID-19 Self-Assessment
Newfoundland: 811 Healthline COVID-19 Self-Assessment
Nova Scotia: Coronavirus (COVID-19): symptoms, testing and self-isolating – Government of Nova Scotia, Canada
Prince Edward Island: What are the symptoms of COVID-19?
British Columbia: 8-1-1
Alberta: 8-1-1
Saskatchewan: 8-1-1
Manitoba:
Ontario: 1-866-797-0000
Nova Scotia: 8-1-1
New Brunswick: 8-1-1
Prince Edward Island:
Newfoundland and Labrador:
Yukon Territory: 8-1-1
Nunavut: 867-975-5772
Northwest Territories: 8-1-1
Effective Hand Washing
Resources from the Public Health Agency of Canada
Provincial Resources
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
As determined by federal and provincial governments, Pharmasave’s certified injection pharmacists will administer the vaccine safely and effectively to people who are eligible based on the provincial government’s recommendations. For information about Pharmasave stores providing the COVID-19 vaccine in your province, click on your province from the list above.
To date, the following vaccines have been authorized for use in Canada:
Studies for each of the approved COVID-19 vaccines in Canada were conducted in different populations around the world, at different times during the pandemic and not in head-to-head comparative studies. Numerous scientific, peer-reviewed studies have shown that all the approved COVID-19 vaccines in Canada have gone through rigorous testing and clinical trials to ensure they meet the highest safety standard. All the approved vaccines have shown high efficacy in the most important outcomes: reducing severe symptoms of COVID-19, hospitalization, and death.
Serious adverse effects from any COVID vaccine are rare. Common adverse events include injection site pain, fatigue, headache, and muscle pain. Health Canada is closely monitoring any reports of adverse events from the population as people receive the vaccine, and there have been no reports of unexpected side effects from patients to date. Anyone who witnesses or experiences an adverse reaction to the vaccine is encouraged to report the reaction to their health care provider. Read more about COVID-19 vaccine safety and common side effects here.
Generally, vaccine manufacturing companies and national vaccine advisory bodies specify the shortest acceptable timeframe (minimum interval) between vaccine doses but do not specify maximum intervals. For many vaccines, a longer interval to the booster dose results in higher antibody levels. High antibody levels are associated with longer protection time. The goal is to complete the vaccine schedule and get the total recommended number of doses. NACI has published guidance on dosing intervals (click here to see table). However, each province or territory will decide on dosing interval, based on such factors as vaccine supply, distribution challenges, and how vaccine coverage is progressing in their populations.
Health Canada advises that over time, protection from COVID-19 vaccines can decrease. Booster doses trigger your immune system to make more antibodies, which can increase the immune response and help improve protection against COVID-19. Staying up to date with your COVID-19 vaccinations, including boosters, will help protect you from severe COVID-19 disease.
Read more information from Health Canada on COVID-19 vaccines and booster doses.
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