Alberta Health confirmed pharmacies in the province can begin ordering bivalent doses, with an announcement on appointments for the Omicron BA.1 subvariant-specific boosters “expected shortly.” COVID19AB
Neighbouring Saskatchewan started booking bivalent doses on Monday for citizens 18 and older who are living in long-term care, personal care homes and other congregate living facilities.On Sept. 6, British Columbia announced it was kicking off its fall COVID-19 booster campaign with the bivalent doses.Alberta needs to change tactics to improve 5-11 COVID vaccination rate: study
Ontario and Nunavut started booking and providing doses to their most-vulnerable populations: people 70 and older, long-term care residents and healthcare workers on Monday. The day after the federal approval for the Moderna-manufactured bivalent vaccine, Manitoba and the Northwest Territories said they would do a phased rollout of the Omicron-targeted vaccine.
Previously, the only COVID-19 vaccines available in Canada were monovalent — tailored solely to the original novel coronavirus. In addition to defending against this earlier strain, the new shots from Moderna are designed to recognize specific mutations in the spike protein of the Omicron BA.1 subvariant.Health Canada’s chief medical advisor Dr. Supriya Sharma told a news conference on Sept. 1 that the BA.1-targeted vaccine authorized Thursday also generates a “good” immune response against the BA. 4 and BA. 5 strains.
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