B.C. said it will provide a fourth COVID-19 shot to seniors over 70 and several other vulnerable groups, even as the province plans to lift proof-of-vaccination requirements Friday
As of Friday, British Columbians will no longer be required to show proof of vaccination before they enter restaurants and movie theatres, with the province becoming the last to end that measure aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19.
Also on Tuesday, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization called for the rapid deployment of a second booster dose for adults 80 and older as well as long-term care residents.. B.C. will provide a fourth shot to seniors over aged 70, to residents in long-term care homes and to Indigenous people aged 55 and up and those who are considered clinically extremely vulnerable. Ontario announced fourth shots for those over 60.
But she also noted that after “a very traumatic period of two years,” the virus has changed and British Columbians have adapted. “There are very few people at that very high level of risk any more,” she said. “At this exact moment, we have the highest uncertainty we’ve ever had in the pandemic,” said Dr. Colijn, who began modelling the transmission of the virus on Canada’s West Coast in February, 2020.
“We’re taking a more nuanced, risk-based approach for some, that will mean that you must be vaccinated to practice in certain settings.”
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