Vaccination

Vaccination against COVID-19 is recommended for : 

• People living in CHSLDs, RPAs, and other group settings with a high proportion of elderly and vulnerable individuals 
• People aged 60 years and older 
• People aged 6 months and older who are immunocompromised or on dialysis; 
• Those aged six months and over living with a chronic disease (heart, lung, diabetes, severe obesity, etc.) 
• Healthcare workers 
• Pregnant persons 
• Adults living in remote and isolated areas 

Vaccination against the flu is recommended for 

• People aged 75 years and older 
• People aged 6 months and older who have certain chronic diseases 
• People of any age living in residential and long-term care centres (CHSLDs) and in intermediate resources. 
• Pregnant women: 
  • regardless of their trimester, who have certain chronic diseases 
  • who have been pregnant for 13 weeks and longer. 

The vaccine is also recommended to anyone likely to transmit the flu to those who are more vulnerable to complications from the flu, namely: 

• Family members living in the same household as a child under 6 months of age 
• Family members living in the same household as someone aged 75 years and older, people who have certain chronic diseases or pregnant women 
• Informal caregivers for residents in CHSLDs or intermediate resources, people aged 75 years and older, people with certain chronic diseases and pregnant women 
• Healthcare workers 

It is preferable to receive the recommended vaccines when they are offered during a school vaccination campaign. If the vaccination has not been administered at that time, it is possible to make an appointment at a local point of service to receive the service.

This vaccination can be given before or after exposure to the disease.

POST-EXPOSURE

A dose of the simian pox vaccine may be given if, within the past 14 days, you have had:

• direct contact with the skin, lesions or body fluids of a person with simian pox symptoms;

OR

• direct contact with items (such as clothing, bedding, sex toys) potentially contaminated by the body fluids or secretions of a person with simian pox symptoms;

OR

• prolonged close contact with a person with simian pox symptoms (3 or more hours less than 1 metre away, face to face, without having worn a medical-grade mask).

In the event that a person has symptoms consistent with simian pox at the time of vaccination, the vaccine may not be administered.

PRE-EXPOSURE

Sex workers

OR

Man (cis or trans) who is having or will have sex with another man (cis or trans), in one of the following situations:

• sex with more than one regular partner

OR

• sex in a place where sexual activities take place

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• sex in exchange for money, goods or services.

Staff and volunteers in a social setting or event where sexual activities between men (cis or trans) may take place may also receive a dose of simian pox vaccine.

Men (cis or trans) with one regular sex partner need not receive the simian pox vaccine.

Do you meet the above criteria? If so, you can get the vaccine by making an appointment.