COVID-19: BC provides update on fall booster campaign | LIVE
CA, 07 Sep 2022
B.C. health officials are set to outline its fall COVID-19 vaccination campaign Tuesday.
Dr. Bonnie Henry, Health Minister Adrian Dix and immunization lead Dr. Penny Ballem will be holding a press conference at 2 p.m. PT.
They are expected to provide information on the next round of booster shots, including Moderna's new bivalent vaccine that targets the Omicron variant.
As with previous COVID-19 vaccine rollouts, age and vulnerability will play a factor in the timing of eligibility.
Priority groups will be people aged 70 and over, those who are immunocompromised, as well as health-care workers and Indigenous people.
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