Tam Says Get Boosted Against COVID-19 Every 6 Months

Tam Says Get Boosted Against COVID-19 Every 6 Months
Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam is seen via videoconference as Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos looks on during a news conference in Ottawa on Jan. 7, 2022. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
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Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam is telling Canadians to get boosted within the federal recommended timeline or risk getting themselves and others hospitalized due to falling vaccine immunity against COVID-19.

“Across Canada, as more people go beyond the six-month time lapse since their last vaccine dose or infection, population immunity is falling and leaving us all less protected,” said Tam in a press conference on Oct. 7.