BC Flu Vaccine

• British Columbians urged to get flu, COVID-19 shots amid vaccine ‘disinformation’

  B.C.'s deputy provincial health officer, Martin Lavoie, said there are 'quite a number' of viruses and bacteria circulating in communities at this time.

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  Oct 22, 2025
  
• B.C.’s COVID and influenza vaccine timeline announced

  Health Canada has already approved the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty Omicron XBB.1.5. COVID-19 vaccines and the Moderna Spikevax vaccine.

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  Sep 28, 2023
  
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• ‘Do our part’: B.C. health experts urge masks indoors due to COVID, flu

  As the province has now entered cold and flu season, experts are urging people to wear masks indoors to stop the spread of airborne transmission of respiratory viruses. 

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  Oct 30, 2022
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• While COVID-19 surges, health officials cautiously optimistic seasonal flu cases dropping

  With all of the alarm about COVID-19, health officials are cautiously optimistic that this year's flu season will be a different story.

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  Nov 18, 2020
• B.C. pharmacies say getting a flu shot will look different this year

  The association said many pharmacies will require people to book an appointment for a flu shot in advance, rather than walk in.

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  Sep 16, 2020
• BCCDC urges people to get vaccinated as flu season set to worsen

  “Since it takes about two weeks for the influenza vaccine to induce protection, now is the time for high-risk individuals and their close contacts to get vaccinated, if they haven’t already.”

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  Dec 13, 2018