B.C. will give COVID-19 booster shots if Health Canada recommends them, health minister says – CBC
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is still reviewing whether boosters are necessary
Aug 30, 2021
The province is prepared to give out COVID-19 booster shots should they be required and recommended by Health Canada, Health Minister Adrian Dix said Monday, as 1,853 new cases were reported in B.C.
He said the COVID-19 booster shot is something health officials have been “preparing now for some time” both within and beyond the long-term care sector, and for those who are immunocompromised.
“So, we’re looking at that,” he told a news conference.
More than 76 per cent of those eligible are fully vaccinated in B.C., while about 84 per cent have received their first dose of the COVID-19 shot, the government said in a news release.
