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Alberta reported Monday 1,495 new cases of COVID-19 on 14,848 tests and seven additional deaths. There were 1,542 new variant cases identified.
Those born in 2006-2009 with underlying health conditions will be eligible to receive a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine starting Tuesday, Health Minister Tyler Shandro announced.
Businesses and organizations will now be able to conduct their own rapid testing programs without the cost of using a health-care provider, Alberta Health announced today.
The federal government says it expects Canada to receive around 1.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine this week, including its very first shipment of single-dose shots from Johnson & Johnson.
What’s happening now
Walk-in appointments for the AstraZeneca vaccine at the AHS Telus Convention Centre vaccination site filled up by mid morning for the second day in a row.
COVID-19 battered city operations in 2020, but Calgary closed the year with a $98-million surplus money that will go back into pandemic relief this year.
Premier Jason Kenney said Tuesday he will decide in the next 24 hours whether to give workers three paid hours to get themselves vaccinated against COVID-19 as requested by the NDP.
Calgary’s large-scale immunization clinic was overwhelmed on Tuesday after eligibility for the AstraZeneca vaccine expanded to include anyone aged 40 and over.
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More than 350 Calgary pharmacies now offering COVID-19 vaccine Pharmacist Brian Jones with a COVID-19 vaccine at the Evergreen Village Shoppers Drug Mart in Calgary. Photo by Darren Makowichuk/Postmedia
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