COVID-19 vaccine boosters recommended for long-term care residents national advisory committee says

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Canadian seniors living in long-term care residences and other congregate-care settings should get COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, Canada's vaccine advisory body recommended on Tuesday.  

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CBC News · Posted: Sep 28, 2021 3:28 PM ET | Last Updated: September 28

Canadian seniors living in long-term care residences and other congregate-care settings should receive a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, NACI recommended on Tuesday. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)

Canadian seniors living in long-term care homes and other congregate-care settings should get COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, Canada's vaccine advisory body recommended on Tuesday.  

The updated guidance comes more than two weeks after the advisory body recommended that moderately to severely immunocompromised Canadians should receive three doses of an authorized mRNA vaccine, such as Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna. 

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With files from Lauren Pelley and Adam Miller

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