B.C. kicks off COVID campaign to boost vaccination

British Columbia has kicked off a new COVID-19 vaccination campaign to encourage as many people as possible over the next two weeks to get immunized.

Join Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, Dr. Bonnie Henry, BC’s provincial health officer, and Dr. Penny Ballem, executive lead of the BC immunization rollout team, for an update about the next step in BC’s COVID-19 immunization plan. https://t.co/LBNjJBIye2

— BC Government News (@BCGovNews) July 27, 2021

The province says the new strategy gives those who aren't vaccinated, and those who've waited at least seven weeks since their first shot, a chance to visit walk-in clinics across B.C.

Let’s make a final push to get as many people vaccinated as possible. If you haven’t had your first or second dose, it's now easier than ever.

Find out about drop-in events, vax vans and other vaccine events for both Dose 1 and 2 here: https://t.co/oOEQayT3nA pic.twitter.com/t55ZPiR7fU

— BC Government News (@BCGovNews) July 27, 2021

A campaign on Aug. 4 called Walk-in Wednesday will make 20,000 doses available at clinics before a push later in the month and in September to target young people returning to school.

Recent statistics show that most new cases of COVID-19 have been among unvaccinated people in the province, with 61.3 per cent of eligible residents being fully immunized.

Data from the BC Centre of Disease Control shows that less than five per cent of COVID-19 cases from June 15 to July 15 were among fully vaccinated people.

During the same time period, 78 per cent of people hospitalized in B.C. with COVID-19 were unvaccinated.