By Canadian Press

Vaccine Rollout

Province to send more vaccines, increase eligibility in Wood Buffalo, Banff

Apr 28, 2021 | 1:12 PM

CALGARY – Alberta is expanding the age eligibility and directing more vaccine doses to two COVID-19 hot spots in the province.

Premier Jason Kenney says the measures will help address concerns in Banff and in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, which includes the oilsands hub city of Fort McMurray.

Kenney says when expected shipments of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine arrive Monday, they will be directed to those areas.

He says that will continue for the next two weeks as supplies permit.

Also, the age eligibility for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, currently at 40 in Alberta, will be reduced to 30 in those areas.

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The Moderna vaccine will also be made available to Indigenous people in Wood Buffalo as young as 30.

As of April 26, there were 1,204 active cases of COVID-19 in Fort McMurray. There are 158 active cases in Banff.

(The Canadian Press)