A health-care worker in Fredericton prepares a COVID-19 vaccine.
Health Canada has directed all provinces to pull and destroy existing supplies of the COVID-19 vaccine that targets the XBB form of Omicron, a spokesperson for Ontario's health minister says.Health Canada has directed all provinces to pull and destroy existing supplies of the COVID-19 vaccine that targets the XBB form of Omicron, a spokesperson for Ontario's health minister says.
"Health Canada has directed all provinces to follow practices and processes for the withdrawal and destruction of all remaining supplies of XBB vaccines, starting Sept. 1, 2024," the spokesperson said. The Omicron branch of the viral family tree was discovered in late 2021 and started spreading rapidly around the world. The latest strains of Omicron circulating in Canada and the U.S. have names that, the federal government said that after Aug. 21, "there will no longer be XBB.1.5 COVID-19 vaccines available for use in Canada. Updated COVID-19 vaccines to target the JN.1 or KP.2 strains are anticipated to be authorized by Health Canada in the coming weeks.
"Vaccines will be available once Ontario receives supply from Health Canada following their regulatory authorization of the new, updated vaccine formulation. It is estimated Ontario, and other provinces, will receive supply from Health Canada in October."Doctors and vaccine experts say while the existing XBB shot isn't perfectly matched to circulating subvariants of Omicron, both it and the anticipated booster is expected to reduce the number of people landing in hospital.
Several pharmacists in Ontario told CBC News the XBB vaccine is not available today. The same is reportedly the case in Alberta.was high and decreasing in Quebec, moderate in Ontario, Alberta and New Brunswick, with data not available for B.C., Saskatchewan and Manitoba.A vital dose of the week's news in health and medicine, from CBC Health. Delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning.
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