Bc Vaccine Rollout

• Vaccine fatigue setting in as officials urge everyone to get flu, COVID shots: poll

  The report, conducted by Abacus Data on behalf of the Canadian Pharmacists Association found that vaccine fatigue reduces people's willingness to get immunized.

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  Sep 29
  
• 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
  
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• Omicron vaccine available to most in B.C. by end of October: top health officials

  In a joint statement, Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix say B.C. is set to begin distributing doses of Moderna's newly approved vaccine as soon as supply arrives.

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  Sep 1, 2022
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• 25,000 COVID-19 open booster shot appointments in B.C., medical expert urging residents to book

  Health Minister Adrian Dix said Friday that about 25,000 booster appointments are available for this week. 14,000 are in the Interior Health region.

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  Dec 26, 2021
• COVID-19: AstraZeneca vaccine supply dries up in B.C. Interior

  “The doses that Interior Health has received have all been administered," a health official said.

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  Apr 22, 2021
• COVID-19 vaccine bookings open for seniors aged 73+ in Lower Mainland

  Eligible seniors in the Vancouver Coastal and Fraser Health regions are urged to contact their health authority to arrange a date and time.

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  Mar 28, 2021
• Taxi drivers demand to be put on B.C.’s front-line vaccine priority list

  The province’s list of front-line priority workers includes first responders, teachers, postal and grocery-story workers, but not taxi drivers.

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  Mar 20, 2021
• Dentists, teachers disappointed they won’t be prioritized for vaccine in B.C.

  B.C. rolled out its vaccination plan on Friday, revealing that after the most vulnerable groups have been immunized, shots will be given out according to age.

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  Jan 24, 2021
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• B.C. prioritizing age and vulnerable people over non-medical essential workers in mass COVID-19 immunization plan

  B.C. could adjust the plan if the Johnson & Johnson and the Astra Zeneca vaccine are approved for use but that has not happened at this time.

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  Jan 21, 2021
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• 57% of British Columbians give low score to province’s vaccine rollout plan: poll

  Only 30 per cent of those polled rated the execution of the plan to date as "good," with most respondents (57 per cent) providing lower ratings.

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  Jan 21, 2021