COVID-19 booster shot eligibility expanded in Alberta
Starting Monday a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine will be available to all Albertans aged 70 and older, and all First Nations, Inuit and Metis people aged 18 and older.
Those eligible for booster shots must be at least six months past receiving their second dose of vaccine.
The third shot will also be available to front-line health-care workers who received their first two doses less than eight weeks apart.
“We”re protecting those at highest risk. There’s emerging evidence immunity may decline faster in certain groups,” Alberta health minister Jason Copping told a media conference last week.