The bivalent COVID-19 booster shots are now available to residents in Grey and Bruce.
The Grey-Bruce Health Unit says that as of this week, bookings are available for everyone 12 and older in Grey and Bruce to get the bivalent boosters, which specifically provide better protection against the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants, at Public Health and local GO-VAXX vaccine clinics.
"The Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty vaccine is the second bivalent COVID-19 booster to be authorized by Health Canada. It’s the first to be approved for children and youth aged 12 to 17. Health Canada has also authorized a Moderna Spikevax bivalent vaccine as a booster dose for individuals aged 18 and over," the health unit said.
To book a vaccine appointment, visit the online COVID-19 Vaccination Portal or call the Provincial Vaccine Contact Centre at 1-833-943-3900.
For a list of our upcoming vaccination clinics in Grey-Bruce, visit Public Health’s online COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Schedule.
“Staying up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccinations continues to be one of the most effective ways to protect individuals, their families, and communities from serious outcomes as a result of COVID-19, especially individuals aged 65 and over or those at high risk of severe illness,” says Lindsay Johnston, Program Manager, Vaccine Preventable Diseases, at the Grey Bruce Health Unit. “Having bivalent boosters available to residents in Grey-Bruce is good news as we head further into the fall respiratory season, as these vaccines are expected to trigger a strong immune response to the most dominant strains of COVID-19 now in circulation within our communities.”