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Time between COVID-19 vaccinations is being reduced to eight weeks from the former maximum of 16 weeks: Dr. Bonnie Henry
BY , May 28, 2021 1:23 AM - REPORT AN ERROR
British Columbia's provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie henry during a news confernece on COVID-19 in Victoria. (Photo - B.C. Govt.)
Dr. Bonnie Henry
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the time between COVID-19 vaccinations is being reduced to eight weeks from the former maximum of 16 weeks.
Dr. Henry says the province has sufficient supplies of Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines to make the change.
She says everyone who is eligible should have their second dose of vaccine by the end of the summer.
Dr. Henry says the province will try to provide people with the same vaccine for their booster shot, but a shortage of Moderna may mean some people will have to get a Pfizer shot instead.
Adrian Dix on Twitter:
With the large number of dose 1 immunizations in our province, we are advancing second dose booster vaccines. We are moving up the booking of second doses for our age-based and clinically extremely vulnerable programs to eight weeks.
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