COVID-19 vaccination campaign gets underway.The campaign is launching with a focus on vulnerable groups, including health-care workers, the clinically extremely vulnerable, Indigenous people and seniors.And for the first time, a bivalent version of Moderna’s mRNA vaccine will be available to adults.
When can you get an Omicron booster? Here’s how provinces are rolling them out “It’s a vaccine that was specifically designed to be more effective against Omicron variants.
It’s half and half — half the old vaccine, half the Omicron-specific vaccine,” explained Dr. Brian Conway, medical director of the Vancouver Infectious Diseases Cenre.“If you have issues with the mRNA vaccine, (the traditionally formulated) Novavax and Johnson and Johnson are also available if you make known this is your choice.
There is no reason not to get vaccinated.”Youth aged 12 to 17 years old will be offered the original formulations of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, while children aged five to 11 years old will be offered the milder pediatric version of those vaccines.The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) recommends people receive the bivalent booster at least six months after their last dose or COVID-19 infection.