People 65 years of age and older may receive another dose of updated vaccine to protect against severe illness from COVID-19, Canada’s advisory body on immunizations said Friday.
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) released guidance on offering an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccines in the spring for people at high risk of severe illness from the pandemic virus.
The “discretionary” recommendation for another dose also applies to adults living in long-term care homes and similar settings for seniors.
Dawn Bowdish, a professor at McMaster University and Canada Research Chair in Aging and Immunity, has been following long-term care residents as part of
