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British Columbia’s public-health officials are continuing to prioritize the delivery of second doses of its limited supply of COVID-19 vaccines, while it reviews a growing body of evidence that suggests it would be more effective to focus on first doses for more people.
Since vaccine supply began to arrive in December, British Columbia has administered 193,000 vaccines, including 37,000 second doses. The largest number of vaccines delivered in a single day in B.C. was on Thursday, with 12,251 people immunized. “More than half of those were second doses, reflecting the need to do that work,” Health Minister Adrian Dix said.