Horgan says 4,000 British Columbians will get COVID-19 vaccine next week

Premier John Horgan offered a sneak peek of BC’s COVID-19 immunization plan ahead of the big announcement coming on Wednesday.

“The first vaccine doses are just days away,” Horgan wrote in a tweet Tuesday afternoon.

“About 4,000 high-risk people in BC will be immunized by end of next week.”

The first vaccine doses are just days away. About 4,000 high-risk people in BC will be immunized by end of next week.

Tomorrow, I'll be joined by Dr. Bonnie Henry & Health Minister @adriandix to update how an immunization program will help keep British Columbians healthy & safe.

— John Horgan (@jjhorgan) December 8, 2020

Horgan will be joining health minister Adrian Dix, PHO Dr. Bonnie Henry, and Vancouver Coastal Health’s vice-president for pandemic response and director of regional emergency operations centre, Dr. Ross Brown to announce the details of the province’s vaccine rollout plan at 3 p.m. on December 9.

On Monday, Henry announced that BC is set to receive the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine next week.

To begin with, the initial doses are ear-marked for seniors and long-term care residents who are most at-risk of serious illness.

Specialized containers containing dry ice and other mechanisms needed to safely store the vaccine have arrived in the province as of Tuesday, December 8.