Primary Series
A complete primary vaccine series for solid organ transplant recipients aged 5 years and up involves two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. Two doses of COVID-19 vaccines offer better protection for people who are immunocompromised, and is safe and recommended for transplant recipients who have never been vaccinated. A third dose may also be recommended by your healthcare team. If you were vaccinated before your transplant, you may have only received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and that is acceptable.
A complete primary vaccines series for transplant recipients aged 6 months to under 5 years involves three doses of the COVID-19 Moderna SPIKEVAX vaccine, or four doses of the Pfizer BioNTech COMIRNATY vaccine.
Additional Doses
Additional doses are expected to increase protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 symptomatic and severe disease. Protection wanes over time and vaccines are continually updated to help protect against the latest variants. Transplant recipients (age 6 months and up) are encouraged to receive at least 1 additional COVID-19 vaccine dose per year.
Register with www.getvaccinated.gov.bc.ca or the BC Vaccine Line (call 1-833-838-2323) to be notified when to book each vaccine dose.
The BCCDC has the most current information about getting a vaccine.