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The chief medical officer of health for New Brunswick hopes to see vaccine rates reach closer to set targets this season. Dr. Yves Léger said last season represented a decline in flu vaccine uptake, which could be because of vaccine fatigue.
Around 17% and 30% of New Brunswickers got COVID-19, flu vaccines, respectively last season
Hannah Rudderham · CBC News
· Posted: Oct 22, 2025 8:12 AM EDT | Last Updated: 21 minutes ago
Dr. Yves Léger said around 30 per cent of the New Brunswick population got a flu vaccine last season, but the national target is around 80 per cent. COVID-19 and flu vaccines are available for free at many pharmacies, and RSV vaccines are free to those 75 years and older. (Kate Dubinski/CBC News)
The provincial government is once again encouraging New Brunswickers to get their COVID-19 and flu vaccines, but according to the chief medical officer of health, people may be experiencing some “vaccine fatigue.”
“People would like to sort of put the pandemic behind us and move on,” said Dr. Yves Léger.
“And you know, we’re certainly seeing that as well in our vaccine coverage rates that were not quite as high last year as they were before, both for influenza and COVID.”
Still, he said that “vaccines continue to be our best protection against these infections” and that the province continues to track case numbers on its public respiratory watch report.
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