Boosters begin as respiratory illness season ends
Interior Health has noted the end of the respiratory illness season and announced the start of the spring COVID-19 vaccine boosters.
Tag: National Advisory Committee on Immunization
NACI recommends spring XBB vaccine for vulnerable groups
While Canadians are still knee deep in the trials and tribulations of winter, Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization is already looking to spring when it says certain groups of people vulnerable to severe illness from COVID-19 should get an extra dose of the latest vaccine.
Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent vax arrives in BC next week
Following the approval last month of the Moderna bivalent COVID-19 vaccine, the Pfizer-BioNTech version has now been approved by Health Canada.
Health officials pondering fourth vaccine dose
British Columbia health officials are still undecided on whether fourth vaccine doses will be made available to the general population as immunity to COVID-19 wanes and the possibility of future, more transmissible variants loom.
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