Interior Health announced on Christmas Eve that due to high demand and additional vaccine being received, they will continue to offer the Meningococcal Quadrivalent vaccine for all people in grades 9-12, or aged 15-19 throughout the Okanagan over the holidays.
DROP-IN CLINICS:
- Will continue on December 26-29, and January 2-5 for this age group, who have not yet been immunized.
BOOKED APPOINTMENTS:
- Many local health centres will also be accepting immunization appointments. Please call your local health centre, if you would like to schedule an appointment.
PHARMACIES:
- Select Shoppers Drug Mart locations in Vernon, Kelowna, Penticton and Princeton also have limited supplies of vaccine for immunizing members of the public within the identified age group. Find a participating pharmacy near you.
SECONDARY SCHOOL CLINICS:
- Will continue to be offered in January, when school is back in session.
IH would like to remind the public, the vaccine has been offered to grade 9 students in B.C. since 2016, as part of the routine immunization program. If you have received this vaccine as part of the grade 9 immunization program in 2016/17, you don’t need to be re-immunized. If you are unsure if you have received this vaccine, call your local public health centre during regular business hours for a record.
For more information about the meningococcal outbreak in the Okanagan, visit interiorhealth.ca.