British Columbia has introduced its vaccination crusade for this year’s respiratory illness season, and flu and COVID-19 vaccines are now available at pharmacies across the province.
The vaccination plan was belatedly announced last month when provincial fitness leader Bonnie Henry reintroduced mandatory face masks in the province’s fitness centres as respiratory ailments tended to rise.
Dr. Monika Naus, medical director of immunization programs and vaccine-preventable diseases in British Columbia, the Center for Disease Control (BCCDC), said other people who have had a COVID-19 infection recently can forgo the fall COVID booster but still get the flu. shot.
“COVID infection doesn’t offer any coverage unlike the flu. These vaccines are very specific,” Naus said.
“In general, if you’ve had COVIDArray . . . The herbal infection will improve your immunity. . . You shouldn’t be getting a dose of the COVID vaccine this fall if you’ve just had an infection. “
In a written statement, pharmacy chain Pharmasave said it expects demand for vaccines administered through pharmacies this year as patients turn to pharmacists to treat situations not unusual since the province legalized it in June.
The BCCDC said COVID-19 hospitalizations rose 58% in the two weeks beginning Sept. 21, with 24 deaths in the last week of September alone.
During the second week of August, British Columbia reported deaths due to COVID-19.
The BCCDC reports that new infections are also rising, from 133 cases in the second week of August to 877 cases in the last week of September, with a notable increase in the number of patients over the age of 60.
British Columbia’s COVID-19 vaccination webpage says invitations to book e-appointments for COVID and flu vaccines will be sent via email and text message to those who have already won a vaccine.
Invitations will be sent first to priority groups, adding other seniors 65 and older, citizens of long-term care facilities, indigenous people, pregnant people, health care workers and others with chronic illnesses, he says.
BEFORE CHRIST. Residents can call the provincial call center’s Get Vaccinated formula at 1-833-838-2323 to book an appointment electronically, according to the Ministry of Health.
In addition, some B. C. Es pharmacies may offer COVID-19 and flu vaccines at walk-in clinics. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Health said citizens can use those clinics to get vaccinated, as long as six months have passed since their last COVID-19 dose.
“While it is more productive to use the call center or the Get Vaccinated formula to book an appointment, individual pharmacies can book appointments for their consumers directly with the pharmacy, employing the Get Vaccinated formula,” the spokesperson said.
“However, this will depend on availability and as long as the user is eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine (six months after their last dose). “
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