First COVID-19 vaccines administered in Calgary and Edmonton
Last Updated Dec 16, 2020 at 6:10 am MDT
CALGARY (660 NEWS) – A registered nurse and a respiratory therapist are the first two Albertans to receive the new Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
“I understand, the first to receive it, just received the vaccine moments ago was respiratory therapist, Sahra Kaahiya at Edmonton’s University of Alberta hospital and that Intensive Care Nurse Tanya Harvey at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary is also receiving the vaccine,” said Premier Jason Kenney during Tuesday’s provincial COVID-19 update.
Sahra Kaahiye, a respiratory therapist in #yeg, is the first Albertan to receive a #COVID19 vaccine. “The availability of a COVID-19 vaccine is great news,” she says. #ShotofHopepic.twitter.com/kup117DE4T
Alberta to send COVID-19 teams to hard-hit areas in Edmonton, Calgary
The Alberta government will send COVID-19 teams into the 11 hardest-hit neighbourhoods in Edmonton and Calgary to offer masks, hand sanitizer and more information, Premier Jason Kenney says.
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Posted: Dec 15, 2020 1:30 PM MT | Last Updated: December 16, 2020
The first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech s COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Alberta late on Dec. 15. (Premier Jason Kenney/Twitter)
Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Wednesday, Dec. 16
The Alberta government is sending COVID-19 teams into the 11 hardest-hit areas in Edmonton and Calgary to offer extra support and arrange free hotel rooms to allow people in those areas to self-isolate if necessary.
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Posted: Dec 16, 2020 9:00 AM MT | Last Updated: December 17, 2020
A woman checks her smartphone in Calgary on Dec. 2, 2020, amid the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)
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Good morning! It’s James Keller in Calgary.
Provinces in the West and across Canada have started vaccinating against COVID-19 – the start of a complex and painfully slow operation that has raised optimism that the end of the pandemic is in sight.
Health Canada approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine last week and the shipments began arriving in Canada within days. The first vaccinations in the country happened in Ontario and Quebec on Monday, with other provinces, including B.C., Alberta, and Saskatchewan following suit yesterday. Manitoba expects to get its first vaccines today.
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