Travel health vaccines are being administered differently in the Northern Health Region, with some now being handled by local pharmacies or Telus Health.
Bruce Krentz, Health Promotions Coordinator with the NHR provides some examples.
“We will do travel vaccines for people 6 years and younger. There is a little fee for the service, you pick up the vaccine and bring it down to us. We encourage six to eight weeks before you actually need to travel. For anyone over 7 years of age, pharmacies can do that and 16 and over can go over to Telus.”
For clarification regarding the changes about travel vaccines, 204-677-5350 is the number to call.
Krentz added that if you’ve missed receiving your flu or COVID vaccines, there are walk-in clinics available Monday to Friday from 2-3 pm at the Administration Building next to the Thompson General Hospital.
