National Immunization Awareness Week

With recent measles outbreaks in Canada, Immunize Canada reminds Canadians to stay up-to-date with vaccines to prevent the spread of disease to individuals and communities during National Immunization Awareness Week.

Today at the Sky Centre between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., the Cypress Health Region is holding an adult immunization clinic for those requiring Tetanus, Diptheria, Pertussis and Pneumococcal vaccinations.

"We just really believe that immunizations prevents more deaths than any other public health intervention so it's important to make sure people's immunizations are up to date and we're hoping that they ca take advantage of the opportunities we have to ensure that that's the case," said Public Health Nurse Krista Tourigny.

Saskatchewan offers publicly-funded routine immunization programs for infants, preschool and school children.

Travellers can unknowingly bring measles into the country if they are not vaccinated and such diseases can spread quickly, particularly in public places, if individuals are not protected by immunization.

Stop by and get immunized by a Public Health nurse, or just get checked to see if your vaccinations are up-to-date.

Tourigny also wants to remind Smart Phone users that Immunize Canada has released an app to keep you up to date with your vaccinations.

"It's a free app, it's from Immunize Canada to keep track of families immunizations, get alerts about breaks near you, recieve appointment reminders and find out when next vaccines might be due," said Tourigny.

The ImmunizeCA app is free of charge and is built specifically for Canadians. More details on the app can be found here.