B.C. announces spring COVID-19 boosters to be available soon
British Columbians with the highest risk of severe illness can start getting COVID-19 boosters next month, provincial health officials announced Friday .
“For everybody who is recommended in this spring booster program, the dose should be at six months or more after you have had either your previous infection or your last dose,” she said. “So that means for the most part, we are going to be starting in April.” While global immunity is high and the virus is less severe, Henry nonetheless warned against complacency.COVID-19 is circulating at a relatively high level and the virus is still changing, she said. “We will be in a very similar situation ,” she said.Henry also predicted more COVID-19 variants circulating in the future, leading to a likely notion that annual boosters will be the part of the future seasonal vaccination regimen.
Friday’s booster announcement was just hours after the provincial government had lifted the vaccine mandate for all public service employees minus health care workers.
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