With COVID-19 cases surging in the province, the provincial government will provide increased immunity to those who need it.
The province will offer vaccination booster shots to certain individuals, as of Sept. 7.
Those eligible to receive booster immunizations in the first phase, include:
- residents of long-term care and personal care homes;
- transplants recipients (including solid organ transplant and hematopoietic stem cell transplants);
- recipients of stable, active treatment (chemotherapy, targeted therapies, immunotherapy) for malignant hematologic disorders; and
- recipients of an anti-CD20 agent (e.g. rituximab, ocrelizumab, ofatumumab).
Additional eligible immunocompromised groups will be announced soon.
Booster doses must be administered at least eight weeks following receipt of the second mRNA dose, such as Pfizer or Moderna.
Eligibility letters will be sent either from your physician or from the Ministry of Health Drug Plan branch.
The government says the booster is in addition to any doses needed for international travel.
More information about vaccines is available on the government's website.
