The new vaccine will be offered to adults 18 year’s of age and older, and youth from 12-17 year’s of age who are at higher risk of developing serious illness from COVID-19.
Dr. Danuta Skowronski is the lead author of the study, which showed largest percentage increase overe the past 12 months was among those 19 years of age and younger.
The chief public health officer also revealed that where additional information is available, more than 99 percent of the cases in Canada have involved males.
B.C.'s provincial health officer says people in this province have generally had very mild symptoms, which stands in contrast to extreme pain reported by some in the U.S. and U.K.
