Details on 4th vaccine dose against COVID-19 expected at 1 p.m. NT briefing
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Newfoundland and Labrador's chief medical officer of health is expected to reveal details of a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine at 1 p.m. NT today.
It'll be Dr. Janice Fitzgerald's first briefing since the middle of March, when the province removed almost all of its public health restrictions in an effort to return to normal life and living with the virus.
Since then, hospitalizations and deaths have skyrocketed across Newfoundland and Labrador while new cases continue to rise, something officials have said was to be expected as public health mandates were lifted.
Earlier this month, Health Minister John Haggie said guidelines were being rolled out for a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose for people over 80.
Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization later strongly recommended the rapid deployment of fourth doses of vaccine for that age group.
On Tuesday, NACI recommended all adults and immunocompromised children between 12 and 17 years old get a first COVID-19 booster as the virus is beginning to surge across the country again.
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