Infants And Children In British Will Be Able To Receive COVID-19 Vaccine

Approximately 208,000 eligible infants and children in British Columbia between six months and four years of age will soon be able to receive vaccine protection against COVID-19.

Approximately 208,000 eligible infants and children in British Columbia between six months and four years of age will soon be able to receive vaccine protection against COVID-19.

Following Health Canada's approval of the Moderna vaccine, and the National Advisory Committee on Immunization's (NACI) recommendation on its use, for those aged six months to four years, regional health authorities will start offering this vaccine at clinics throughout the province on Aug. 2, 2022.

The COVID-19 vaccine for the six-month to four-year-olds will be available in all communities through health authority child-friendly clinics.

Parents or guardians seeking vaccinations for their eligible children can register them in the provincial Get Vaccinated system now.

Once registration is complete, parents or guardians will be invited to book a vaccination at a clinic in their community when the immunization program starts in August.

For children who are not yet six months of age, parents or guardians should still register their child and can expect an invitation once the child reaches six months of age.

For children who have already had COVID-19, NACI recommends waiting eight weeks after the start of COVID-19 symptoms or a positive COVID-19 test, before beginning or continuing the primary series.

This interval may be shortened to four weeks for children who are moderately to severely immunocompromised.