Youth who register will be vaccinated at health authority-led COVID-19 clinics rather than schools, since the clinics are working well around the province, said Dix.
An exception will be for students in rural and remote communities where whole-community vaccinations were done and where “the practical place to do the immunization may might well be the school,” said Dix.
Teri Mooring, president of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation, said the province should make an effort to ensure vaccinations for youth are as accessible as possible to everyone, which means schools shouldn’t be ruled out.
There are some large schools in hard-hit areas, and using school facilities to vaccinate 1,000-plus students makes sense, said Mooring.