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People age 12 to 17 can now register for COVID-19 vaccinations, B.C. Heath Minister Adrian Dix said Wednesday, as the province announced 521 new cases, including 18 in Island Health.Dix said more . . .
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.
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Children aged 12 and older can now register for their COVID-19 vaccination, although most parents won’t find vaccine clinics in schools, which has the B.C. Teachers’ Federation concerned about barriers to access.
Health Minister Adrian Dix told reporters Wednesday vaccination clinics won’t be set up in schools, but youth 12 and older can be immunized in the “extraordinary system of clinics” already operating around the province.
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