Feds issue new COVID vaccine guidance, says provinces now responsible for buying them
- Federal funding for COVID-19 vaccines will cease this year, with provinces and territories responsible for purchasing them and scheduling vaccinations, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada.
- The National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommends that seniors 80 and older, and immunocompromised individuals receive two doses per year.
- Adults 65 and older, health-care workers, and those at higher risk should receive one shot annually if previously vaccinated, as stated by the Advisory Committee.
- New COVID-19 vaccines targeting specific Omicron subvariants are available, but the federal government did not purchase Novavax doses due to low previous uptake, reported by the Canadian Press.
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