B.C.’s Health minister says health authorities will have the resources needed to administer the catch up vaccination program but we will have to wait to see if help is coming for school districts.

Adrian Dix says the province is spending three million dollars to increase vaccination supply.

“Which is a significant investment in vaccines and resources in all the health authorities to ensure that the additional resources required to ensure that every child has the opportunity either in their school or in their community to get their immunization up to date against measles.”

Dix says we will have to wait until May for details of the mandatory requirement for students to submit their vaccination records including if there is any extra help for schools.

“If you mean by mandatory immunization forced immunization that is not where we are going to be proceeding in September. It is going to be a mandatory registration system similar to what you see in other provinces.”

On Thursday the province announced beginning in April and running to June health authorities will offer immunization clinics in schools and community centres focused on getting children up to date with their shots.