B.C. government buying nearly 2 million flu vaccine doses to prepare for fall, but vaccine won’t be mandatory

The British Columbia government is continuing to fight COVID-19 by first attacking the flu. The province announced on Wednesday an enhanced fall flu immunization campaign through the purchase of 1,965,000 doses of the flu vaccine. This is an additional 450,000 doses on top of what was already planned. A Fluzone-high dose flu vaccine will be available specifically to all long term care and assisted living facilities in the province.