The National Advisory Committee on Immunization has expanded eligibility guidelines for booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines. The committee now recommends mRNA boosters to people who received two doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, adults over the age of 70, front-line health-care workers with a short interval between their first two doses, and people from First Nations, Inuit and Metis communities.
NACI's latest guidelines suggest provinces could offer boosters to Canadians who received two doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine or one dose of the Janssen vaccine.The committee also suggests a third shot is an option for people over 70 who could become severely ill from the disease, as well as people from First Nations, Inuit and Metis communities.
NACI more strongly recommends boosters for adults living in long-term care homes and other congregate living situations and adults over the age of 80. "We are seeing that two doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines continue to perform very well for the majority of people," said NACI chair Dr. Shelley Deeks in a statement Friday.
"We have to consider the fact that many countries don't even have enough vaccine to complete the primary series," Tam said at a briefing Friday.
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