Family doctors and nurse practitioners have been told they will not be receiving deliveries of flu or COVID-19 vaccines in time for the fall immunization program launch later this month. And it is unclear if they will get any at all.

In addition to AHS public health clinics and pharmacies, community medical clinics can administer publicly funded vaccines, including those that protect against COVID and influenza.

But shipments of vaccines — to these clinics — have stopped, jeopardizing their participation in the fall immunization campaign.

“It’s extremely disappointing to hear, from government, that community practices are not going to be able to receive any vaccines for this flu season,” said Dr. Ernst Greyvenstein, a family doctor in Calgary.

In a recent memo from Alberta Health, physicians and nurse practitioners were told they would not be able to access key vaccines this fall.