Ottawa: With the students across the country are set to begin another school year, the government of Canada has approved the first booster vaccine of Covid-19 for children.
The health experts said that the vaccines offer an impeccable protection against the most the outcomes of coronavirus.
Stating that vaccination is a top priority ahead of the fall, Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam urged people to get vaccines up-to-date.
She said that the booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine offers a great strength to replenish protection for this age group, especially for children who are at high risk for illness.
In a statement, government of Canada stresses that while most infected children and youth have mild symptoms and are less likely to get really sick from COVID-19,
Getting children in your care vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine will increase their protection against severe COVID-19 outcomes and illness.