By Canadian Press

B.C. kicks off campaign to urge more people to get vaccinated against COVID-19

Jul 27, 2021 | 10:28 AM

VANCOUVER — 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.

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.

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. 

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

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 27, 2021.

The Canadian Press