Ontarians Can Now Book Their Bivalent COVID-19 Booster Dose & Here's What You Need To Know

On Monday, the Ontario government announced that they would make bivalent COVID-19 booster doses available to everyone in the public by the end of September.

The government will give Ontarians 18 years or older the chance to receive their bivalent COVID-19 booster dose, starting with the most vulnerable. This decision was based on guidance from Health Canada and the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI).

"The bivalent COVID-19 booster is a safe and effective way for people to better protect themselves against the most recently circulating COVID-19 variants in Ontario," said Dr. Kieran Moore, Chief Medical Officer of Health, said in a press release.

"As vaccine protection decreases over time, I encourage all Ontarians aged five and over to receive the booster dose they are eligible for," Moore added.

Starting on Monday at 8 a.m., booster dose appointments will be available for the "most vulnerable populations."

This includes:

• "individuals aged 70 and over;
• residents of long-term care homes, retirement homes, Elder Care Lodges and individuals living in other congregate settings that provide assisted-living and health services;
• First Nation, Inuit and Métis individuals and their non-Indigenous household members aged 18 and over;
• moderately to severely immunocompromised individuals aged 12 and over;
• pregnant individuals aged 18 and over; and
• health care workers aged 18 and over."