The territory will give infants Nirsevimab, a single-dose antibody injection with the brand name Beyfortus, that was authorized by Health Canada in April, 2023
The Nunavut government says it will provide immunization against respiratory syncytial virus to all infants in the territory this fall, a policy change that one pediatric infectious diseases specialist has been advocating for decades.
Previously, Nirsevimab was mostly recommended for infants who were born prematurely because of their increased vulnerability to lower respiratory tract infection from the virus. “If there’s a wind storm or a snowstorm, then these babies can’t get medevaced out in time so they might have to wait several hours or sometimes even a couple of days. And during that time these babies deteriorate,” she said.
Palivizumab was also a more difficult antibody to administer, since it required four or five shots spaced apart during the RSV season.
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