Starting Monday, January 9th, Saskatchewan families will have extra COVID-19 Vaccination options available for children and adolescents.
The Pfizer Bivalent COVID-19 vaccine will be available as a first or additional booster for children aged five to 11 years.
The bivalent booster dose should be taken four months after their primary series or four months after their original COVID-19 vaccine booster dose (4th dose).
Children ages 12 to 17 will also have another vaccine option as the Novavax Nuvaxovid vaccine will be available as a primary series and as a booster dose.
The Novavax vaccine is a protein-based vaccine and is available starting in April 2022 for residents 18 years and older. However, the government of Saskatchewan states that mRNA vaccines (Moderna, Pfizer) are the recommended vaccines for all residents.
Due to the limited supply of both of these vaccines, they will only be available through certain Saskatchewan Health Authority, Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority and Indigenous Services Canada public health clinics.
They will no longer be available through pharmacies from 9 January.
Saskatchewan’s government said children aged six months to four years are not eligible to receive booster doses at this time, but should complete their primary series.
You can book your vaccination online through SHA or visit a walk-in clinic.
