COVID-19 vaccine uptake among Canada's oldest residents higher than for flu shot

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Seniors are getting vaccinated in higher numbers for COVID-19 than they did for the flu, Health Canada data suggest.

Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Howard Njoo says almost nine in 10 Canadians over the age of 80 have now received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.Health Canada's annual flu shot survey found about seven in 10 seniors were vaccinated for this year's flu season. That is similar to the vaccination rate for seniors last year as well.

"I would hopefully anticipate that there's a sort of a knock on, or spillover effect, that people recognize that for the flu or for lots of other vaccine-preventable diseases, vaccination really is one of the most important public health tools," he said. Nationally, close to 12 million Canadians have been given at least their first dose of vaccine, with close to a quarter million doses now being injected every day.Canada's COVID-19 vaccination coverage for seniors is comparable to, or closing in on, that seen in the United States and the United Kingdom, at least as far as getting one dose goes.

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