Premier Jason Kenney announced at the Tuesday, December 22 daily COVID update, the Town of Drumheller will be one of 10 communities which will each receive 975 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
Alberta has received a second shipment of the Pfizer vaccine that will be offered to healthcare workers and long-term care workers across the province.
A total of 25,350 vaccine doses have arrived in the province and will be delivered to vaccine sites around Alberta.
Calgary and Edmonton will each receive 6,825 vaccine doses and Red Deer will receive 1,950. The remaining 9,750 Pfizer vaccine doses will be distributed to vaccine sites in Brooks, Camrose, Drumheller, Edson, Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Pincher Creek, and St. Paul. Each of these 10 communities will receive 975 doses.
“This is just the beginning of immunization in our province – but we’re off to a strong start. We have been ready to receive and administer vaccines since day one – and we will be ready to safely and quickly distribute all future doses into the arms of Albertans,” said Premier Kenney during the press conference.
