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Northern Health will be sending out personalized letters to the parents and guardians of school age children, regarding their current vaccination status.
The sealed, confidential letters will include which vaccinations the student has received and which vaccines they appear to be missing, according to Northern Health’s records.
“Students will be offered the opportunity to catch up on vaccines that are missing, and/or to update their vaccination record,” Northern Health chief medical health officer Dr. Jong Kim wrote in a letter to parents on Monday. “Letters will not be sent to who are up-to-date with all recommended immunizations, nor to students in Grades 6 and 9, as the records of students in those grades were reviewed earlier in the school year and communications from Northern Health were sent at that time.”
Students who attend school in-person or are home-schooled will receive a letter from their school by mid-to-late-February. Students who attend distance education programs will receive letters in the mail to their home by early February.
Students attending First Nations schools, operated by First Nations, will not receive letters until more discussion happens between the government, First Nations educators and the health authority, Kim wrote.
For more information about the letters or on how to check your child’s vaccine status, go online to the Northern Health website.
