Thursday Dr. Henshaw said that Albertans eligible in the rest of the Phase 2C and 2D vaccine rollout will be able to book appointments starting April 30.
Albertans in the final groups of Phase 2 include front-line disability workers and workers in group homes and other supportive living sites, workers at locations with potential for large outbreaks, police officers and provincial sheriffs, all Albertans aged 50 and older, and all First Nations, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) persons aged 35 and older.
The province is also expanding the number of people eligible due to underlying health conditions. As of April 27, those born between 2006 and 2009 with qualifying conditions can book appointments for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Vaccination clinics began April 29 at two of Canada’s largest beef-packing plants in southern Alberta. Both the Cargill plant, which is near High River south of Calgary, and JBS Canada in Brooks were hit hard by COVID-19 outbreaks last year.
Alberta plans to vaccinate about 15,000 workers at all of the province’s 136 meat-packing plants, using a combination of on-site and community locations.
Alberta is altering the COVID-19 vaccine eligibility rules for residents of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo and Banff — and will redirect a large shipment of COVID-19 vaccine to both areas.
Calgary firefighters are now able to get COVID-19 vaccine shots after the city designated them as medical first responders.
Alberta Health said Friday that the vast majority of doses of the province’s supply of AstraZeneca-Oxford have now been administered or booked. Existing bookings will be honoured.
The province had received about 270,000 doses which were all shipped to pharmacies and AHS for use. Ottawa has not informed the province of any future shipments.
Alberta Health says there are still appointments available at some participating pharmacies. AHS walk-in clinics in North Zone, in both Fort McMurray and Grand Prairie, are open until Sunday.
There are no appointments for AstraZeneca available through AHS via online booking or by calling 811.
1,528,569 vaccine doses have been administered in Alberta, including Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca-Oxford.
292,765 Albertans have been fully immunized (2 doses).
