Healthy habits for respiratory illness season

Practice healthy habits this respiratory illness season to help protect yourself, your community and B.C.’s health care system.

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Practice healthy habits

It’s important to keep your immunizations up to date for you and your family. Get your updated flu and COVID-19 vaccines at the same time.

Respiratory illness etiquette

Even if you don’t feel sick, remember to:

• Clean your hands often using soap and warm water. Scrub for at least 20 seconds or use alcohol-based hand rub
• Cover your mouth when sneezing or coughing. Sneeze or cough into your elbow instead of your hands

If you’re feeling sick

• Monitor your symptoms
• Stay at home. You could spread sickness to others, especially if you have a fever, cough, vomiting, or diarrhea
• If you have COVID-19, stay at home until your fever has resolved and you feel well enough to participate in daily activities
• Stay away from people at higher risk of serious illness
• If you must leave your home, consider wearing a mask, especially when in indoor spaces

Book your influenza and COVID-19 immunizations at the same time

Getting immunized helps protect yourself, your community and B.C.’s health care system this respiratory illness season.

Everyone 6 months and older can get an influenza (flu) and updated COVID-19 vaccine at the same time. Invitations have now been sent by email or text message to all people registered in the Get Vaccinated system. The invite includes a direct link to book an appointment to receive your COVID-19 vaccine, your influenza vaccine, or both, depending on when you received your last dose.

Vaccines are free and available at pharmacies, health authority clinics and some primary-care providers’ offices.

If you haven’t received a COVID-19 vaccine in B.C. 

Register in the Get Vaccinated system to receive your invitation to book an appointment.