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By Shane Clausing

immunizations to resume

AHS to resume routine school immunizations in the North Zone

Jul 29, 2021 | 4:32 PM

After experiencing some delays because of the COVID-19 pandemic, AHS will provide catch-up immunizations in the North Zone for students who did not receive their routine immunizations during the 2020-21 school year.

The program will begin in northern Alberta this week and continue through August. Booked appointments will be offered at local public health centres throughout the zone.

AHS Public Health will begin providing in-school immunization services once again in the fall to ensure every student eligible has access to vaccines for which consent has been given.

The catch-up immunizations are available for students enrolled in the upcoming school year, in Grades 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.

The vaccines included as part of the Grade 6 school immunization program are the Hepatitis B vaccine, which is important to prevent serious damage to the liver, and the Human Papillomavirus vaccine, also known as the HPV vaccine, which helps prevent certain types of cancers.

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The Grade 9 vaccines include a dose of dTap vaccine, which protects against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis and a dose of meningococcal vaccine, which protects against meningitis.

These routine immunizations do not include the COVID-19 vaccine.