Ontario has received a “limited shipment” of bivalent COVID-19 vaccines aimed at fighting the Omicron variant, but there is no word yet on when the general public will be able to get the shots aimed at blunting a fall and winter wave.
aimed at fighting the Omicron variant, but there is no word yet on when the general public will be able to get the shots aimed at blunting a fall and winter wave.
would be unveiled soon — raised concerns the government is not working hard enough to promote vaccinations at a time when just over 50 per cent of Ontarians have two primary doses and one booster. Health officials in Quebec have not recommended the bivalent vaccine for anyone under 30, citing a higher risk of myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart, although the National Advisory Committee on Immunization has recommended anyone over 18 due for a booster this fall to get a bivalent shot if possible.
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