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B.C.’s provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Heath Minister Adrian Dix made a statement today on Health Canada’s approval of the Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 vaccine.
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B.C. health officials speak on approval of Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 vaccine
Published 5:05 PDT, Fri October 7, 2022
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The Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent COVID-19 vaccine was approved by Health Canada today, and B.C. health officials made a joint statement.
“The Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent vaccine will be available to people 12 and older. The Moderna bivalent vaccine, which was approved on Sept. 1, is available to people 18 and older,” said Health Minister Adrian Dix and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry. “Both bivalent vaccines induce a stronger, more robust immune response and provide better protection against the Omicron variant and subvariants.”
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommends people get either bivalent vaccine as their fall booster dose, according to Dix and Henry.
Pfizer is providing 12.6 million doses to Canada, with B.C. expected to receive more than 1.7 million of those doses. There are already more than 1.4 million doses of the Moderna bivalent vaccine available in B.C., of 10.5 million federally.
“The Pfizer bivalent vaccine will arrive in B.C. next week and, over the following 10 days, will be available in both health authority clinics and pharmacies all over the province, along with the currently available Moderna bivalent vaccine. As of Oct. 11, influenza vaccines will also be available so people can receive both in one visit,” said Dix and Henry.
“As we are in respiratory illness season, we urge everyone to make sure they are up to date on their vaccines for COVID-19 and for influenza.”
For more information about COVID-19 booster shots, visit gov.bc.ca/gov/content/covid-19/vaccine/booster
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