{"id":68249,"date":"2022-01-24T12:06:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T17:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/?p=68249"},"modified":"2022-01-26T12:18:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T17:18:51","slug":"covid-19-third-dose-for-immunocompromised-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/newsroom\/covid-19-third-dose-for-immunocompromised-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 fourth dose for immunocompromised patients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Based on the recommendation of the Chief Medical Officer of Health of Ontario, moderately to severely immunocompromised individuals,&nbsp;including transplant recipients, are eligible for a booster dose (fourth dose) of the extended COVID-19 primary vaccine series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more detailed information, please refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.gov.on.ca\/en\/pro\/programs\/publichealth\/coronavirus\/docs\/vaccine\/COVID-19_vaccine_third_dose_recommendations.pdf\">Ontario Ministry of Health Recommendations<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Those who are eligible will receive a letter confirming their eligibility<\/strong>, with more details on how to book an appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the vaccine centres available in your area, please consult your local public health unit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eohu.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eastern Ontario Health Unit<\/a>: 1 800 267-7120<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ottawapublichealth.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ottawa Public Health Unit<\/a>: 613-691-5505<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcdhu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Renfrew County and District Health Unit<\/a>: 1-800-267-1097<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthunit.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit<\/a>: 1-800-660-5853<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It is advised that those eligible receive a fourth&nbsp;dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at least 84 days (three months) after their third dose&nbsp;as recommended by provincial public health guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions about your eligibility for a COVID-19 vaccination, please contact&nbsp;your provider or clinic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based on the recommendation of the Chief Medical Officer of Health of Ontario, moderately to severely immunocompromised individuals,&nbsp;including transplant recipients, are eligible for a booster dose (fourth dose) of the extended COVID-19 primary vaccine series. For more detailed information, please refer to Ontario Ministry of Health Recommendations. Those who are eligible will receive a letter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsroom"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}