As public health restrictions to combat COVID-19 infections are lifted across Canada, the officials repealing them say they’re concerned about lagging uptake of the vaccine by children under age 12.
It’s concerning enough that B.C.’s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, told CBC News it was the subject of “a long conversation about that with colleagues across the country as well as some international experts.”
The rolling repeals of mask mandates, capacity limits and phasing out of proof of vaccination come as the most recent data from the Public Health Agency of Canada shows the percentage of five- to 11-year-olds to receive
