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Nearly 300 workers at the Cargill meat-packing plant in High River filed through the on-site vaccination clinic Thursday morning, receiving their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
Mass vaccination clinics opened at Cargill and the JBS plant in Brooks on Thursday in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among workers. Essential workers at meat-packing facilities have been some of the hardest-hit by outbreaks, so the opening of the clinics has brought much excitement, said Calgary physician Dr. Annalee Coakley.
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Nearly 300 workers at the Cargill meat-packing plant in High River filed through the on-site vaccination clinic Thursday morning, receiving their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
Mass vaccination clinics opened at Cargill and the JBS plant in Brooks on Thursday in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among workers. Essential workers at meat-packing facilities have been some of the hardest-hit by outbreaks, so the opening of the clinics has brought much excitement, said Calgary physician Dr. Annalee Coakley.
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CALGARY As variant COVID-19 case numbers continue to climb in Alberta, Premier Jason Kenney and the emergency management cabinet committee moved their meeting a day earlier to Tuesday and Dr. Deena Hinshaw delivered an update later in the afternoon. The province s chief medical officer of health had not spoken in public since just before the Easter long weekend. The meeting and announcement come amid increasing calls from some health professionals and the NDP opposition for the reintroduction of stricter restrictions as variants currently account for nearly 40 per cent of all new cases. In a detailed media release, Alberta reported 887 new infections on Monday, marking the sixth straight update where more than 850 new cases were reported.
CALGARY As variant COVID-19 case numbers continue to climb in Alberta, Premier Jason Kenney and the emergency management cabinet committee have moved their meeting a day earlier to Tuesday and Dr. Deena Hinshaw is scheduled to deliver an update later in the afternoon. The province s chief medical officer of health has not spoken public since just before the Easter long weekend. The meeting and announcement come amid increasing calls from some health professionals and the NDP opposition for the reintroduction of stricter restrictions as variants currently account for nearly 40 per cent of all new cases. In a detailed media release, Alberta reported 887 new infections on Monday, marking the sixth straight update where more than 850 new cases were reported.
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