Bc Vaccine Plan

• B.C. focusing clinics and outreach on regions with low COVID-19 vaccination rates

  The Peace River North region has one of the lowest rates of vaccination in B.C., with only 44 per cent of those aged 18 years and up being immunized.

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  Jun 3, 2021
  
• COVID-19: B.C. to offer choice of vaccine as 2nd dose to AstraZeneca recipients

  The shift in policy is based on advice from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization.

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  Jun 3, 2021
  
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• B.C. expected to allow mixing and matching for second COVID-19 vaccine dose

  The federal National Advisory Committee on Immunizations has recommended it's safe for those who received AstraZeneca first to receive Pfizer or Moderna as a second dose.

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  Jun 1, 2021
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• Outreach efforts look to overcome language, cultural barriers as B.C. begins mass vaccinations

  Officials in Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health say their vaccine booking call centres will have a interpreters capable of handling a wide variety of languages.

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  Mar 7, 2021
• What you need to know as B.C. opens COVID-19 vaccine bookings for people over 90 on Monday

  Health officials are urging people who are not in the correct age cohort -- in this case, anyone born after 1931 -- not to call in this week.

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  Mar 7, 2021
• B.C. to prioritize COVID-19 outbreaks and clusters with first doses of AstraZeneca vaccine

  Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the province is unsure on exactly how many doses will arrive next week.

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  Mar 4, 2021
• B.C. says all eligible adults should get first dose of COVID-19 vaccine by end of July

  Henry announced on Monday the province will now be spacing out the first and second dose of the vaccine by 112 days.

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  Mar 1, 2021
• B.C. rolls out COVID-19 vaccination plan for those over 80 and extends time between doses

  All British Columbians born in 1941 or earlier will be eligible to receive the first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine in March and early April.

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  Mar 1, 2021
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• B.C. reports another 508 COVID-19 cases, nine deaths

  About 89 per cent of British Columbia's 63,484 cases have recovered, while 1,128 people have died. 

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  Jan 22, 2021