COVID-19 Update: 1,495 new cases, seven deaths | Restrictions to ease on continuing care centres | Vaccines coming for meat-packing plants
What’s happening now Alberta reported Monday 1,495 new cases of COVID-19 on 14,848 tests and seven additional deaths. There were 1,542 new variant cases identified. Those born in 2006-2009 with underlying health conditions will be eligible to receive a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine starting Tuesday, Health Minister Tyler Shandro announced. Businesses and organizations will now be able to conduct their own rapid testing programs without the cost of using a health-care provider, Alberta Health announced today. The federal government says it expects Canada to receive around 1.9 million doses of COVI...