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Many residents of Prince Edward Island are soon rolling up their sleeves for a booster shot to protect themselves against COVID-19 – as long as at least six months have passed since their second dose of the vaccine.
PEI’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, announced Friday that boosters are now recommended and will be available to all Islanders 18 years of age and older, following the advice given earlier today by Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization, or NACI.
“Booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines can increase the immune response and provide more protection against infection,” Morrison said.
The goal of the recalls is to minimize serious illness and death, preserve healthcare capacity and reduce transmission to protect high-risk populations, she said in a written statement on Friday.
Islanders should plan to receive a booster at least six months after their second dose, by making an appointment at a Health PEI clinic. or in one of the 28 partner pharmacies on the Island.
CPHA PEI strongly recommends booster injections for three particular groups most at risk for serious complications from COVID-19:
- 50 years and over;
- residents of long-term and community care facilities; and
- people with moderately to severely compromised immunity, even if they have already received a three-dose series as previously advised.
After the release was released, the province confirmed in an email to CBC News that for the last category of islanders on this list, the recall will be their fourth dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
A new case
In the same press release on Friday, Morrison also announced a new case of COVID-19 in PEI.
The person in the 70’s is close contact with a previously reported case. The contact tracing is complete and the person is self-isolating.
There are currently 19 active cases of COVID-19 in PEI. and a total of 382 cases since the start of the pandemic.
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