Vaccination rates against whooping cough have more than doubled among pregnant British Columbians during the pandemic, but the province still falls behind the rest of the country.
Vaccination rates among pregnant British Columbians have skyrocketed over the last three years, a trend partly driven by more maternity care providers recommending women get pre-natal vaccinations.
But while B.C. sits well above the national average for flu vaccinations, its vaccination rate for whooping cough falls behind every other province and territory in Canada. The respiratory disease can last for months without antibiotic treatment, in some cases causing brain damage or death. Unvaccinated children under the age of one are most at risk.
Overall, one in 10 women said they faced delays of 30 or more days in getting vaccinated against whooping cough and the flu. That’s a reversal from 2019, when more Indigenous women were vaccinated against the bacterial disease than non-Indigenous women .
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