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VICTORIA, B.C – British Columbia is expected to ramp up immunizations against COVID-19.
According to Health Minister Adrian Dix, 2.64 million doses are to arrive by the Spring. The province’s goal is to achieve herd immunity by September by administering nearly half-million shots every week by the summer.
Dix says B.C. intends to deliver 461,438 doses, or nearly half-a-million immunizations, a week by July.
“The next phase of our efforts will see a significant and really massive scaling up of our vaccination efforts,” Health Minister Adrian Dix said on Wednesday. “It will be the largest vaccination effort in B.C. history, and requires a strong team.”
Dr. Penny Ballem, chairwoman of Vancouver Coastal Health and Vancouver’s former city manager, was also announced as the B.C. immunization executive lead on Wednesday.
This week, 59,902 vaccinations have been administered with an average of 25,000 doses per week since December.
The province hopes to average 68,400 doses a week in February, ramping up to over 200,000 in April, according to Dix.
By the end of March, B.C. expects to receive 792,000 vaccinations in total.
Dix expects to deliver over 460,000
The province’s most vulnerable communities will be the focus until it opens to the public in April.
On Tuesday, the federal government secured an order from Pfizer Inc-BioNTech, including B.C’s 20 million doses.
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