Hello,
This past spring, we reached out to your organization to seek your support to share information about COVID-19 booster doses with people in Canada. We are writing again as part of our efforts to remind people to stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations by getting all doses when they are recommended.
Vaccines reduce the risks of severe illness and death from COVID-19, but protection fades over time. With the return to indoor activities this fall and winter, there may be a greater risk of COVID-19 illness.
That’s why we are reminding people in Canada to get a booster if it’s been:
- 6 months since their last COVID-19 vaccine dose, or
- 6 months since they tested positive for COVID-19
Boosters enhance protection, especially against serious disease from COVID-19 infection.
While vaccines may not fully prevent infection or getting sick from COVID-19, vaccination remains one of the most effective ways to protect against serious illness, hospitalization and death from COVID-19, and also help protect our healthcare system. That’s why it’s important for everyone to help strengthen their defences by staying up to date with the COVID-19 vaccines recommended for them.
We encourage people to visit their provincial or territorial website to book an appointment for a booster dose.
How can you help?
- Download and share our fact sheet on staying up to date with COVID-19 vaccination.
- Post our social media images on your channels to share the facts about COVID-19 booster doses.
- Use resources from our vaccine communications tool kit to help answer questions in your organization and community.
- Share our video to answer the question, “Why do I need to get a COVID-19 booster dose?”
- Encourage your community to continue to take action against COVID-19.
- Share information about COVID-19 vaccination and public health measures at your community event.
- Share Indigenous Services Canada’s website which has resources and information to promote the many ways to protect yourself from COVID-19.
- Use Canada.ca/covid-vaccine as a credible source of information about COVID-19 vaccines.
We also have COVID-19 information resources available in multiple languages.
We also encourage you to tag our accounts and share social media content from:
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We appreciate your support in helping to share this important information with your networks.
Kristen Tipman
Public Education Division
Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada
Government of Canada
HC-PHAC.PublicEducation-Educationpublique.SC-ASPC@hc-sc.gc.ca