COVID-19: Alberta poised to hit 70 per cent first vaccine threshold by end of Thursday; 150 new cases
Alberta is on track for a Canada Day without any public health restrictions.
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Alberta is on track for a Canada Day without any public health restrictions.
Article content The highly-contagious Delta COVID-19 variant is likely to become dominant in Alberta, says one of the province’s top doctors. Cases of this variant, which originated in India, are currently low in the province at 357 although they’re around twice as high now as they were a week ago. But Dr. André Corriveau, deputy chief medical officer of health, said because this variant is up to twice as transmissible it is possible it will replace the Alpha variant, originating in the U.K, as Alberta’s dominant strain. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing y...
Active COVID-19 cases in the Edmonton area fell below 1,000 Friday for the first time since the end of February.
Like Premier Jason Kenney and all Albertans, we are looking forward to being able to visit loved ones and get our lives back to a more normal existence. Also,…
First drive-through vaccine clinic coming to NE Calgary Alberta will launch its first drive-through vaccination clinic in early June, to help improve access for people in northeast Calgary. Some parts of this page will not display. JavaScript is not available in this browser or may be turned off. The new clinic is one of a range of initiatives to help increase vaccination rates in the northeast, along with targeted clinics for businesses with large workforces in the area, and temporary clinics run jointly with community primary care providers. Alberta Health Services is working with the commu...