COVID-19 vaccine campaigns launch across Canada for 2025-26 – CBC
Updated vaccines target current strains circulating, infectious disease specialist says
Sep 29, 2025
Provinces and territories are starting to roll out updated vaccines to protect people from COVID-19.
The Public Health Agency of Canada’s immunization guide says COVID vaccines have been shown to be effective at preventing severe disease, including hospitalization and death and can decrease the risk of post-COVID-19 condition, or long COVID.
The vaccination campaign comes as COVID-19 cases in people going to emergency or urgent care for respiratory symptoms have increased. About 10 per cent of tests were positive for the week ending Sept. 20, up from 9.6 per cent the previous week, according to the federal respiratory virus snapshot.
What vaccines are available?
This fall, Health Canada authorized the latest mRNA vaccines. Moderna’s is available for those six months of age and older and Pfizer-BioNTech’s is available for those five and up. Infectious disease physicians consider both vaccines equivalent.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid-vaccines-fall2025-1.7645267
