B.C. accelerating its COVID-19 booster-dose program amid Omicron surge
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B.C.'s COVID-19 booster dose program will be accelerated amid the province's ongoing surge in cases, health officials announced in their last pandemic briefing of 2021.
B.C.'s COVID-19 booster dose program will be accelerated amid the province's ongoing surge in cases, health officials announced in their last pandemic briefing of 2021.
Dr. Bonnie Henry, Health Minister Adrian Dix and Dr. Penny Ballem gave the update Friday morning, the day after B.C. shattered another COVID-19 case-count record.
More than 9.5 million vaccine doses have been administered so far in B.C., Henry said.
"With rapid increasing in numbers we're facing challenges," Henry said.
"With the rise of Omicron and the need to try and protect as many workers as possible, we're also moving up the (booster) timing to six months."
Previously, people would be contacted for their booster six to eight months after their second dose.
Henry also said people who are pregnant are now eligible to get their booster dose as soon as six months has passed since their second dose, regardless of their age.
