ICYMI: Alberta catching up on routine childhood vaccines after pandemic dip abhealth COVID19AB
In a statement to Postmedia, Alberta Health spokesperson Lisa Glover said the province “strongly encourages” families to keep their children’s routine vaccines up-to-date.
“AHS is working with schools to schedule routine school immunization rounds this school year and will continue to catch up any delayed students.” She said some parents likely avoided public-health centres at the start of the pandemic due to concerns about contracting COVID-19, contributing to an initial dip in coverage for infant vaccines.Article content
Hitting those numbers requires a greater investment in public health efforts, MacDonald said. She said it’s easy enough to get more vaccine doses or needles, but more public-health nurses to staff clinics are needed.It’s also important school immunization efforts target students at risk of missing their shots when they graduate into high school, where clinics don’t take place, MacDonald said. It adds up to a busy year ahead for public-health officials.
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