B.C. Respiratory Illness Season Starts as Province Secures Millions of Vaccine Doses

Beginning immunizations for viral respiratory season

WITH this year’s respiratory illness season underway, people in British Columbia will continue to get safe and effective free vaccines against influenza, COVID-19 and other viral respiratory illnesses, the Province announced on Wednesday. Vaccines against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and pneumococcal disease are also available. “We’re starting to see influenza circulating in the province, and […]

B.C. rolling out fall vaccine program as flu cases circulating

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B.C. respiratory illness season starts as province secures millions of vaccine doses

VICTORIA - British Columbia's respiratory illness season has started, with the province preparing to distribute millions of vaccine doses to combat the rise of both influenza and COVID-19.