Alberta to announce expanded COVID-19 vaccine booster eligibility

The Alberta government will announce its plan to provide COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to more adult residents Wednesday afternoon, CTV News has learned.

The Alberta government will announce its plan to provide COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to more adult residents Wednesday afternoon, CTV News has learned.

Currently, third doses are available for people who are immunocompromised, 70 years of age or older, residents of seniors' supportive living, health-care workers, and First Nations, Metis and Inuit.

Albertans aged five to 11 recently became eligible for Pfizer's pediatric shot.

Alberta reported 238 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, including its first of the Omicron variant.