Help strengthen your defences against illness by getting up to date with all COVID-19 vaccination doses recommended for you, including booster doses.
Protection from COVID-19 vaccines can decrease over time and be less effective against currently circulating variants. A COVID-19 booster dose increases your immune response and helps remind your immune system how to protect itself.
While it is possible to get sick with COVID-19 after getting a booster, it helps:
- strengthen your body's defences against the virus; and
- provide strong protection against severe illness, hospitalization and death.
You should get vaccinated even if you've been previously infected or think you may have been infected with COVID-19. Although a previous COVID-19 infection can provide some protection, up-to-date vaccination—including booster doses—is recommended to provide longer-lasting, more effective protection against severe outcomes.
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