Alberta expands eligibility for booster doses

Even more Albertans will soon be eligible to book a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

Emerging evidence and recent recommendations made by the National Advisory Committee on Immunization suggest immunity levels and protection against severe outcomes may decline sooner in certain groups. Receiving a third dose will help boost immunity levels and improve protection.

Starting Nov. 8, the following Albertans will be eligible to book a third dose:

• All Albertans aged 70 and older
• First Nations, Métis, and Inuit (FNMI) people aged 18 and older
• Front-line health-care workers who received their first two doses less than eight weeks apart
• Albertans who received two doses of AstraZeneca or one dose of Jansen while abroad

FNMI people and front-line health workers must also have received their second dose more than six months ago to be eligible.

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