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By Caden Fanshaw

COVID-19

Most BC residents eligible for COVID-19 booster dose by early 2022

Oct 27, 2021 | 4:56 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – For those with two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, a third booster dose is being recommended by the provincial health officer.

More people in B.C. will start to receive invitations for a COVID-19 booster shot as the Province continues its COVID-19 immunization plan, prioritizing B.C.’s elderly and most at-risk through to the December holiday.

“Our vaccines are highly effective. However, we are starting to see a gradual decline in protection over time. As a result, we are taking the proactive step of expanding boosters to everyone in our province,” said Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer. “We’re starting with the people who need them most to continue to do all we can to keep people in B.C. safe from this virus and its variants.”

People 70+ who are registered in the Get Vaccinated System, as well as Indigenous Peoples 12+, will soon be invited to book their booster, which will help maintain protection against COVID-19.

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Booster doses are underway for other priority groups, including residents of long-term care and assisted living facilities and vulnerable people living in shelters or high-risk congregate settings, and are in use as part of outbreak management.

Health authorities and pharmacies will continue to focus on flu clinics through the fall, in addition to delivering COVID-19 boosters, as well as planning for the anticipated approval of vaccines for five-to-11-year olds (Dose 1 and 2).

Most people in BC have two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, 84.4% had received their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as of Tuesday.

Those who haven’t gotten a single dose continue to make up the vast majority of hospitalizations in BC due to the virus.

On Tuesday 77% of COVID-19 patients in hospital in the province were unvaccinated.