B.C.’s health minister says update on potential fourth COVID-19 dose due Tuesday

VICTORIA — Health Minister Adrian Dix says the province is preparing to provide an update this Tuesday on potentially making a fourth COVID-19 dose available to vulnerable people in British Columbia.

The minister says discussions are underway about providing a second booster shot to clinically vulnerable people such as those in long-term care. 

Dix told reporters B.C.’s COVID-19 strategy has always been to protect the most vulnerable and act on evidence that is reviewed daily. 

B.C. reported two more COVID-19 deaths on Thursday, bringing the toll to 2,998 people.