(The Canadian Press)

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BOOSTER SHOTS

Health Canada approves Pfizer booster for 18+ age group

Nov 9, 2021 | 1:27 PM

Health Canada has approved the use of Pfizer’s Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine for booster shots for everyone 18 and over.

The boosters are to be given at least six months after a person received their second shot of a vaccine.

Currently, in Saskatchewan, everyone aged 65 and over is eligible to get a booster shot, as are those 50 and older in northern Saskatchewan and in First Nations communities. Health-care workers and people with significant health conditions also are eligible at this time.

More information about eligibility for booster shots in Saskatchewan can be found here.

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Pfizer asked Health Canada to approve its booster on Oct. 1. According to Health Canada, it examined the evidence and decided that “the Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine booster shot meets the Department’s stringent safety, efficacy and quality requirements.”

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