Starting today, bivalent COVID-19 vaccine boosters are available to anyone in Ontario 18 or older.
The vaccine, which targets Omicron variants of COVID-19, was previously made available to certain groups of people, including anyone 70 and older, health-care workers, long-term care home residents and First Nation, Inuit and Métis individuals, among other at-risk groups.
or by calling the Provincial Vaccine Contact Centre at 1-833-943-3900. Appointments will be for a local community clinic. There is limited walk-in space for community clinics and people are encouraged to book an appointment.
"The bivalent COVID-19 booster is another layer that we can use to increase protection against the most recently circulating COVID-19 variants in Ontario," Dr. Etches said in a statement earlier this month. The province says the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for infants and children aged six months to under five years, including those who are immunocompromised, is a three-dose primary series, with a recommended dosing interval of eight weeks between doses.
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