Interior Health opening up COVID-19 vaccine bookings

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Interior Health will be opening up its call centre on Monday for seniors to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments across the region.

Specifically for seniors aged 90 and over, and Indigenous peoples aged 65 and over, individuals can begin booking appointments by calling 1-877-740-7747. The call centre is open seven days per week, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

IH also reminds everyone to be vigilant against fraud. Call centres will never ask for financial information, credit card details, or social insurance numbers.

The call centre will only ask for:

• legal name
• date of birth
• postal code
• personal health number (PHN) from the back of B.C. driver's licences or BC services cards, and
• current contact information, including an email address you or your family checks regularly or a phone number that can receive text messages.

In order to prevent long waits and system overload, the public is asked to follow a staggered approach.

• March 8, 2021: Seniors born in or before 1931 (90 years+) and Indigenous people born in or before 1956 (65 years+) may call to book their vaccine appointment;
• March 15, 2021: Seniors born in or before 1936 (85 years+) may call to book their vaccine appointment; and
• March 22, 2021: Seniors born in or before 1941 (80 years+) may call to book their vaccine appointment.

The location for the appointment at an immunization clinic will be confirmed at the time of booking and vaccinations will be starting as early as March 15, 2021.

For more information about B.C.’s COVID-19 Immunization Plan and the Phase 2 rollout, visit: www.gov.bc.ca/bcseniorsfirst

Any additional information on the immunization campaign can be found by visiting www.gov.bc.ca/covidvaccine

For more information on what to expect when you go to get vaccinated for COVID-19, visit: www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/covid-19-vaccine/getting-a-vaccine