On April 5, the B.C. government announced a new province-wide online COVID-19 vaccine booking system that will open on the morning of April 6 at 8 a.m.
People born in 1950 and earlier (71 and older), Indigenous peoples 18 and older, and those who are clinically extremely vulnerable may register to book their vaccine appointment through the new ‘Get Vaccinated’ system in one of three ways:
-online at: gov.bc.ca/getvaccinated (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/getvaccinated.html)
0by telephone through a provincial call centre (toll-free) at 1 833 838-2323
-in-person at the nearest Service BC location.
The system will be available in 12 different languages.
For language assistance with registration, call (toll-free) 1-833-838-2323, available in 140 different languages.
The province said to date 770,000 eligible British Columbians have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
For more information on the program, the government is steering people to this website with more information: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/getvaccinated.html
People who have already received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, using one of the five regional health authority call centres, will use the online registration and booking tool or the Get Vaccinated call centre when it is time for them to book their second dose. Details on when people should register for their second dose will be available in May 2021.
The announcement was province-wide.
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