CALGARY To help boost the vaccination rate, the Centre for Newcomers hosted a Stampede breakfast at the Northgate Village Shopping Centre this morning and offered Moderna shots at a nearby Alberta Health Services walk-in clinic. Nathan Bensler, a facilitator with 19 to Zero, was on-site encouraging people to get their vaccine. “I’ve walked a few people to the clinic,” he said. “Getting a bunch of people their second dose and a few people their first dose is fantastic.” The unique approach comes after a successful project that included several pop-up vaccination sites in the northeast, including at the Village Square Leisure Centre.
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Alberta reported another 244 COVID-19 cases Friday as infection rates and hospitalization numbers continue a steep drop.
The numbers come in advance of Calgary’s first walk-in vaccine clinic for the general population, which will run all weekend at Village Square Leisure Centre.
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The pop-up clinic, on one of the facility’s two hockey rinks, will offer 5,000 first dose shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on a drop-in basis on Saturday and Sunday between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m.