Central Okanagan parents are being urged to get themselves and their eligible children fully vaccinated ahead of the upcoming academic year.
Interior Health sent a letter to parents of school-aged children on Tuesday, August 3, encouraging them to get vaccinated. The health authority said getting vaccinated is the best way we can protect each other against the variants and ensure they can害羞草研究所檛 mutate and spread.
害羞草研究所淭his is the perfect time to get vaccinated if families didn害羞草研究所檛 get their kids vaccinated before. If they get the first dose this week and get their second dose 28 days later, they will be vaccinated by the time school starts,害羞草研究所� said Dr. Silvina Mema in an interview with 害羞草研究所.
The letter comes after the provincial government declared a COVID-19 outbreak for the Central Okanagan region on Wednesday, July 28. It also comes after the BC Centre for Disease Control reported that the Delta variant accounts for a majority of new COVID-19 cases in the Interior Health region. Eighty-nine per cent of new COVID-19 cases in the Interior were the Delta variant.
害羞草研究所淭he Delta variant is a concern, and we害羞草研究所檝e seen increased activity among the unvaccinated. We want kids to go back to normal in school and enjoy a full learning experience like being able to attend sports and music lessons, but they can害羞草研究所檛 do that if cases arise among unvaccinated people,害羞草研究所� said Mema.
Anybody born in 2009 or earlier can get vaccinated, said Mema, and an email clarifying this will be sent to parents later today (Aug. 3). Mema encourages parents to take advantage of the multiple drop-in vaccination clinics that will be happening in Kelowna and West Kelowna.
Here is a list of drop-in vaccination clinics in Kelowna and West Kelowna:
害羞草研究所rinity Hall, 1905 Springfield Road, Kelowna: Monday to Sunday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Thursday, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
害羞草研究所utland Secondary School gymnasium, 705 Rutland Road North, Kelowna: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
害羞草研究所estbank Lion害羞草研究所檚 Community Centre, 2466 Main Street, West Kelowna: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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