(B.C. Government).

By Aaron Schulze

B.C. Vaccination

B.C. encourages residents 18 and older to register for COVID-19 vaccine by week’s end

Apr 18, 2021 | 12:00 PM

KAMLOOPS — More than 1.8 million British Columbians will be encouraged to register for their COVID-19 vaccine.

A new schedule for age cohorts to register ensures people know when it is their turn.

While any B.C. resident can register online at anytime, the province asked people to wait until its age cohort is eligible to preserve system capacity.

The new schedule includes:

• Monday, April 19 – Registration opens for people aged 40 and up
• Tuesday, April 20 – Registration opens for people aged 35 and up
• Wednesday, April 21 – Registration opens for people aged 30 and up
• Thursday, April 22 – Registration opens for people aged 25 and up
• Friday, April 23 – Registration opens for people aged 18 and up

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To register, residents need their personal health number (found on their CareCard or on the back of their driver’s licence or BC Services Card), their postal code, first and last name, date of birth and an email address that gets checked regularly or a phone number that can receive text messages.

The fastest way to register is online.

People born in 1976 and earlier (45 and up), Indigenous peoples 18 and up, and those who are clinically extremely vulnerable, are already invited to register through B.C.’s new Get Vaccinated system in one of three ways:

• Online, 24/7
• Through a provincial call centre between 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. PT at 1 833 838-2323
• In person at the nearest Service BC location

Once registered, people will be contacted when it is their turn to book a vaccine appointment. People over 63 have already been invited to book.

B.C.’s age-based program runs parallel to the pharmacy program for people age 55 and up. Anyone over the age of 55 is eligible to be vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine in local pharmacies throughout the province. A full list of participating pharmacies is here.

Since the Get Vaccinated provincial registration and booking system started on April 6, more than 1.1 million British Columbians have registered and more than 400,000 have booked their shot.

As of April 17, 2021, more than 1.2 million people in B.C. have received their first vaccine dose, with that number increasing every day.