B.C. to get 1.7 million doses of new Pfizer bivalent vaccine from next week

VICTORIA — Provincial officials say shipments of Pfizer’s new COVID-19 vaccine targeting the Omicron variant are expected in British Columbia soon, after Health Canada approved the shot.
A joint statement from B.C.’s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, and Health Minister Adrian Dix, says the Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent vaccine will be available to people aged 12 and older from next week.
They say B.C. is set to receive 1.7 million doses of the newly approved shot, which