The advice comes as more provincial health officers are transitioning to a position of learning to live with COVID-19 and loosening public health restrictions.
Just over half of Canadian children five to 11 now have at least their first dose, while 82 per cent of teens 12 to 17 are fully vaccinated. Most kids five to 11 only became eligible for their second dose in late January and there is no talk of boosters for that age group yet. "This is their recommendation right now," Tam said of NACI. "That doesn't mean it couldn't shift. But they will monitor the evolving evidence and update the guidance as needed."
Tam said there are also immunity studies underway looking to test for Omicron antibodies in blood samples that will give us a far better picture of population-based immunity and help drive more decisions about whether COVID-19 is shifting into endemic status. Ontario chief medical health officer Dr. Kieran Moore said Thursday we have lived with the fear of COVID-19 driving decisions for two years and we need to adjust our thinking now, as Omicron starts to wane.He said a new troubling variant could upend that hope, however.
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