Huron Perth Public Health is ready to administer bivalent COVID vaccine boosters to the region’s most vulnerable populations.
The vaccine which was recently approved by Health Canada targets both the original COVID virus, the Omicron BA.1 subvariant, and also generates a good immune response against the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants.
Starting today, select groups can book a vaccine appointment, if enough time has passed from their previous shot. That group includes:
- individuals aged 70 and over;
- residents of long-term care homes, retirement homes, Elder Care Lodges and individuals living in other congregate settings that provide assisted-living and health services;
- First Nation, Inuit and Métis individuals and their non-Indigenous household members aged 18 and over;
- moderately to severely immunocompromised individuals aged 12 and over;
- pregnant individuals aged 18 and over; and
- health care workers aged 18 and over.
A walk-in clinic is also being held today in Goderich at Memorial Arena, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. for those that meet eligibility requirements.
You can also book an appointment online by visiting covid-19.ontario.ca/book-vaccine/
