As COVID-19 vaccine supplies ramp up across the country, most provinces and territories have released details of who can expect to receive a shot in the coming weeks.
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Provinces initially suspended giving
Provinces have yet to move the threshold quite that low, however.
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Here's a list of the inoculation plans throughout
Residents between the ages of 55 to 64 have access to the
People 60 and older, Indigenous adults, people considered “clinically extremely vulnerable” and rotational workers, truck drivers and flight crew have access to the
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Appointments opened
The province has also expanded access to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to residents aged 40 to 54.
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People in the province aged 40 to 59 can now book appointments for a COVID-19 vaccine.
People 16 years and older who have certain underlying medical conditions, pregnant woman and eligible members of their household can also get a vaccine.
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Individuals 16 and older who have two or more chronic health conditions. are also eligible.
Officials said the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine would be available to people aged 40 to 54 by
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People as young as 25 can now book appointments for COVID-19 vaccines.
The province previously announced that it is gradually widening vaccine access to the rest of the general population in descending order of age.
Appointments will open to Quebecers in descending order of age — dropping by five years every two or three days — until
The province's health minister says Quebecers 12 to 17 years old will be offered a first dose of COVID-19 by the end of June and will be fully vaccinated by the time they return to school in September.
The province says it administered 61,051 additional doses on
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The province's top doctor says the decision was made out of "an abundance of caution."
Dr.
He stressed that
Meanwhile, the provincial government is expanding access to COVID-19 vaccines.
The province is also due to begin vaccinating people with health conditions deemed "at risk."
They include people with heart disease, diabetes, most types of cancer and dementia.
Half of vaccine supply is being diverted to COVID-19 hot spots this week, based on the recommendation of the province's scientific advisers.
Starting next week, vaccines are set to be distributed per capita once again.
The province also said it is adding health-care workers to a list of high-risk employees prioritized for their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Health-care workers were among the first groups to be prioritized for a first dose of the shot.
However, the province later extended dosing intervals for COVID-19 vaccines from 21 days to four months, which means many workers are still waiting for the second dose.
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All front-line police officers and firefighters, regardless of age, are already eligible. All adults who are pregnant, who receive community living disability services or who work in any health-care setting — including outpatient locations and the province's vaccine warehouse — can book an appointment as well
The province is also allowing anyone 40 and over to get an Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine through pharmacies and medical clinics, subject to availability. People 30-39 can get a shot if they have certain underlying health conditions such as chronic liver failure or severe obesity.
The province is also vaccinating all adults in high-risk areas, including the north of the province and many neighbourhoods in
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That age threshold will lower to 23 on Friday.
All adults in the Far North, as well as front-line workers with proof of employment, are also eligible.
Seventy-one per cent of
The province says step one will take place three weeks after 70 per cent of people aged 40 and above have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and vaccine eligibility is open to all adults province-wide.
The province previously expanded its vaccine delivery plan for people in more vulnerable groups to include all pregnant women and 16- and 17-year-olds who are considered clinically extremely vulnerable.
The province says all
Officials say most
There are drive-thru and walk-in vaccination clinics in communities across the province. And there are plans to expand the province's pharmacy vaccination pilot rollout as more doses become available.
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Every Albertan aged 12 and older is now eligible for a vaccine.
For the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, the province lowered the minimum age to 30. They are, however, reserving the remaining supply for second doses when people are eligible. Officials say the second dose will be given 12 weeks after the first.
More than 250 pharmacies are offering immunizations. Ten physicians' clinics across the province are also providing shots as part of a pilot project.
About 15,000 workers at 136 meat-packing plants across the province can also get shots at on-site clinics, pharmacies and clinics.
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All
All adults over the age of 18 are eligible to register for vaccines through the province's Get Vaccinated program.
The province is joining other jurisdictions in
Provincial health officer Dr.
The province expects to receive 1.1 million doses of the
B.C. has lowered the age for those eligible to receive the
More than 2.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered, 110,516 of which were second doses.
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It is also offering shots to rotational workers coming from
The territory had expected to finish its vaccine rollout of first and second doses by the end of April.
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The
The territory, which has only been using the
A news release from the government says just over 1,100
That means the
It will not be offered to adults in the territory, but the
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More than 48,000 doses of
More than 70 per cent of
Health officials say that means they can reduce the hours of operation at the
Deputy health minister Stephen Samis says they'll scale down operations and focus some efforts on other vaccinations, including pre-kindergarten and routine childhood vaccines.
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