More New Brunswickers are now able to receive a booster dose of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.
Starting Monday, Jan. 10, all residents 18 and older are eligible to get a booster dose as long as five months have passed since their second dose.
Moderna will be offered to people 30 and over, while Pfizer-BioNTech is reserved for those under 30.
“The federal government has told us that there will be a limited national supply of Pfizer until the spring,” Dr. Jennifer Russell, the province’s chief medical officer of health, said during a briefing on Friday.
The province said there is evidence that the risk of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) and pericarditis (inflammation of the outer lining of the heart) for people aged 12 to 29 is decreased with the Pfizer vaccine as opposed to Moderna, while the risk posed by the Moderna vaccine is less for those 30 and older.
You can book an appointment through a regional health authority clinic or at a participating pharmacy.
As of Sunday, Public Health said 25.4 per cent of eligible New Brunswickers had received a booster dose.
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