Lavoie urges anyone over age 70 who is eligible for a second booster to get the shot soon. They would be invited to do so.
Dr. Penny Ballem, BC’s executive director of immunization implementation, said Friday they hope to have a vaccine for children six months to five years old approved by the end of July and then those vaccine appointments will be included in the immunization of another child clinics.
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) has already recommended booster vaccines this fall.
While 2.8 million British Columbians have received a third dose of the vaccine, Health Minister Adrian Dix said earlier this week that another 1.3 million people are eligible for their third dose right now in the province and have not yet they got it.
In June, federal health officials urged Canadians to get booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine ahead of a possible resurgence of the virus in the fall.
Although the number of cases and other indicators are stable or declining in most parts of Canada, the virus remains in circulation and may begin to spread further during the fall respiratory virus season, Canada’s chief health officer said on June 30. r Teresa Tam.
In British Columbia, more than 225,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are set to expire at the end of July.
Another 430,000 doses of Pfizer’s Comirnaty are set to expire before Nov. 30, and nearly 40,000 doses of the pediatric vaccine will expire before Sept. 30.
British Columbia is in the midst of a third Omicron wave that is expected to increase rapidly in the coming weeks, a COVID-19 modeling expert said last week.
Dr. Sally Otto, an evolutionary biologist and professor at the University of British Columbia, told the Ohio Evolutionary Conference last week that the BA.5 variant is circulating again in more communities, and she predicts the third wave will peak sometime next month .
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