Who is eligible for a 4th COVID-19 vaccine dose? A province-by-province breakdown
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization released its guidance for a fall booster campaign late last month. The committee recommended that those with increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19 should be offered a shot in the fall, adding that anyone between the ages of 12 and 64 may also be eligible at that time.
"I would really double down on those efforts, in terms of getting fourth doses into the most vulnerable and third doses into a lot of people who are still eligible but have not yet received them," said infectious disease specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch. "Those who would most benefit from a fourth dose are people on the older end of the spectrum and people with underlying medical conditions that put them at greater risk for severe infection," Bogoch said, speaking specifically to the eligibility guidelines in July 2022.