(Submitted photo/Saskatchewan Health Authority)

By Angie Rolheiser

VACCINATIONS

COVID booster shot age of elegibility lowered, clinic today in Melfort

Dec 7, 2021 | 12:32 PM

More people in Saskatchewan can get their COVID-19 booster.

The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency announced changes to eligibility for booster doses this morning.

Anyone 50 years of age and older who have received two doses of a Health Canada-approved COVID vaccine can get a booster five months after their second dose.

A Moderna booster clinic is open to walk-ins this afternoon in Melfort at the Kerry Vickar Centre from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

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Also, individuals 18 and over living in the far north or in First Nations communities, all health-care workers, and people born in 2009 or earlier with underlying health conditions that are considered clinically extremely vulnerable (including those with diabetes) now are eligible.

Boosters are recommended since people who are fully vaccinated can still be infected through community transmission.

Appointments can be booked online, or boosters can be received at clinics operated by the Saskatchewan Health Authority, Indigenous Services Canada and the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority or at participating pharmacies.

As of Tuesday, 87 per cent of Saskatchewan residents 12 and over and 82 per cent of people five and over have received their first shot. As well, 82 per cent of people in Saskatchewan aged 12 and over and 74 per cent of people five and over are fully vaccinated.

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angie.rolheiser@pattisonmedia.com

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