Thread by @shandro

This afternoon, I’ll be announcing that vaccines will be offered to the more than 15,000 workers at 136 federal and provincial meatpacking plants across the province starting this week. #abhealth #ableg

More details to come at 3:30 today. 1/6

https://twitter.com/globeandmail/status/1386608128926441474

To help vaccinate as many workers as quickly as possible, a combination of on-site and community locations will be used.

We’ll be contacting the plants to confirm how the vaccinations will be delivered. 2/6

Unfortunately, vaccinations for these groups were postponed due to the reduction and delay in last week’s Moderna shipment.

I am relieved and pleased that we can now offer vaccines to these essential workers. 3/6

The pandemic has taken a heavy toll on these workers, and we’re grateful to them for the work they do to supply food for Alberta and the entire country. 4/6

As we move forward with Alberta's vaccine rollout, we'll continue to vaccinate those at highest risk of severe outcomes first.

Now that supply from Ottawa is finally ramping up, we'll continue to get doses to Albertans as quickly and as safely as possible. 5/6

If supply keeps up, Alberta is on track to offer all Albertans over 18 their first dose by the end of June. 6/6
alberta.ca/covid19-vaccin…