CALGARY More than 800 Alberta pharmacies are administering COVID-19 vaccines, including Shoppers Drug Mart locations. The province says allowing pharmacists to administer the vaccine has worked well with Alberta’s immunization plan. Alberta Health spokesperson Tom McMillan says the program has gone ‘extremely well.’ “All participating pharmacies have vaccine wastage guidelines that include utilizing an ‘on-call’ wait list should there be any remaining doses at the end of each day,” he said. That “on-call” wait list included Mount Royal University professor Duane Bratt. He went to his local Shoppers Drug Mart for the shot. “They said on the phone, ‘if you can get here within 60 minutes, we’ve got a shot for you,’” he said.
The Women s Centre of Calgary is encouraging anyone who visited its location in Crescent Heights in recent days to monitor their health and undergo testing following a COVID-19 outbreak.
Members of the Lethbridge Police Service are attempting to identify a van and five people in connection with an investigation into a purported abduction attempt.