Starting at noon today, all seniors 74 and older living in the Prince George area can book their COVOD-19 vaccine appointments.
Northern Health has dropped the age of eligibility by a year, which means everybody born in 1947 or earlier can call the vaccine hotline at 1-844-255-7555 to reserve an inoculation date.
All indigenous people aged 55-and-older (born in 1966 or earlier) are also eligible to call for their appointments at the Prince George Conference and Civic Centre, 808 Canada Games Way.
As of Thursday afternoon, Northern Health had administered 31,973 doses of COVID-19 vaccine. Of that total, 29,230 were first doses.
Age eligibility varies according to where in the health region you live. Check northernhealth.ca for more detailed information about other cities and towns.
Northern B.C. had 330 active cases of COVID-19, as of Thursday’s update, and 42 of those patients were hospitalized, with 11 in intensive care.
Phase 2 of the province’s vaccine rollout will continue through April 10. The third and fourth phases will expand to more mass vaccination clinics around the province. Details of how those clinics will operate and where they will be set up have not been revealed by the public health office.
