Efficient instantly, Albertans can e-book appointments to obtain the Janssen — or Johnson & Johnson — COVID-19 vaccine.
In a information launch on Friday, the province introduced Alberta has obtained 5,000 doses.
“Having the Janssen vaccine accessible within the province now offers Albertans extra alternative in relation to getting protected in opposition to COVID-19,” Well being Minister Jason Copping mentioned.
“Each dose administered not solely protects people but in addition our communities at giant and the capability of our health-care system.”
Because of the restricted provide, the Janssen vaccine will solely be administered at AHS clinics in choose places throughout the province.
Premier Jason Kenney has been saying some Albertans have expressed they’re ready for the single-dose Janssen vaccine, moderately than getting one other model that requires two doses.
“Now we have made doses accessible and now we’d like these Albertans to comply with by way of and get vaccinated,” he mentioned.
Based on Kenney, these doses “are a begin” and the province will proceed to work to get extra doses in an effort to get extra Albertans vaccinated.
Based on Friday’s COVID-19 numbers, 87.7 per cent of eligible Albertans 12 and older have not less than one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Thus far, 81.8 per cent of the identical age group is taken into account totally vaccinated.
Alberta confirmed an extra 841 new instances of COVID-19 on Friday. These numbers embody instances confirmed on Wednesday and Thursday, as numbers weren’t launched Thursday because of the Remembrance Day vacation.
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Alberta confirmed 470 instances on Wednesday and 371 on Thursday.
There are actually 554 Albertans in hospital receiving take care of COVID-19, with 110 of these individuals within the ICU.
That compares with 582 in hospital and 123 of these within the ICU in Wednesday’s replace.
Over the previous two days, seven extra COVID-19 deaths have been reported to the province.
Alberta has now seen 3,171 individuals die from COVID-19.
As of Friday, there have been 5,745 lively instances of COVID-19 in Alberta.
Because the starting of the pandemic, 329,030 Albertans have been identified with COVID-19, whereas 320,114 have recovered.
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