Premier Jason Kenney expected to announce Alberta's rollout of COVID-19 vaccines for children
CBC
Alberta's vaccination roll-out plan for children aged five to 11 will be announced today when Alberta Premier Jason Kenney provides an update on COVID-19.
Kenney, Health Minister Jason Copping and Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, will hold a news conference at 3:30 p.m.
You can watch it live here.
Alberta was finalizing details of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination campaign ahead of an announcement today, Hinshaw said Monday on her official Twitter account.
Parents are able to pre-register their children for a shot. Appointments will be made available as soon as the supply of the pediatric vaccine arrives in the province, Alberta Health Services said on its website.
AHS has set up a pre-registration page on its website and parents will be notified when doses are available.
Canada's first doses of COVID-19 vaccines for children arrived in Hamilton, Ont., on Sunday, just days after Health Canada approved it. The federal government and the pharmaceutical giant have agreed on an accelerated delivery of more than 2.9 million doses.
The pediatric version of the vaccine uses a dosage a third of the size of those given to people 12 and older. There are also other changes to the vaccine, including one allowing it to stay at normal refrigeration temperatures for longer.
Health Canada authorized a two-dose regimen to be administered three weeks apart.
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI), however, is recommending that the spacing between doses be increased to at least eight weeks, as evidence has been growing that a longer interval generates a more robust immune response.
Meanwhile, cases and hospitalizations from COVID-19 continue to decline in Alberta. As of Monday's update, the province has 5,311 active cases. Hospitals have 463 patients with COVID-19, including 98 in ICU.
There have been a total of 3,217 deaths
About three-quarters of those in hospital are unvaccinated or partly vaccinated. About 70.7 per cent of Alberta's total population is considered fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
James Benesh was so interested in researching an online hockey draft, he ended up with one of the largest-known collections of hockey books and eventually being called a hockey historian.
A recent market and fundraiser showcasing Palestinian-owned businesses in Hamilton, including new start-ups by people from Gaza who now call the city home, was met with “incredible” support, organizers say.
This time next year, Joellah Fletcher plans to be prepping or taking her final exams to become a certified Red Seal carpenter.
East of the small village of Coutts, Alta., a stone’s throw from the border with the United States, Cindy Bosch’s day-to-day life looks much like it did a year ago.
For years, police have been on the front lines of mental health crisis calls in Toronto, but the city's police chief believes it's now time to rethink that approach.
One of Prince Edward Island’s last surviving Second World War veterans has died.
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada has too much regulation and not enough investments in clean energy and technology — and he's making his most direct repudiation yet of his predecessor's environmental policies.
WARNING: This story contains distressing content, including racist, violent and antisemitic language.
A national Jewish advocacy organization is taking legal action against Manitoba's medical regulator over a complaint it made last year alleging a prominent doctor made antisemitic comments on social media.
A cat that went missing in a remote area of northeastern B.C. is finally back home with its family in Oklahoma, five months later.
It wasn’t clear trolleys would be a hit in Medicine Hat, but the Sunshine Trolley has wound its way into Hatters’ hearts.
More than 200 volunteers and politicians gathered in Etobicoke Saturday for the Daily Bread Food Bank’s holiday sort.
The rising cost-of-living has already made supporting a family difficult this year. But, the holidays can make staying on budget that much harder.