Overview

• Most residents outside priority groups will be charged a $100 administrative fee, with public appointments expected to open around Oct. 20.
• Free appointments start Oct. 1 for health-care workers, immunocompromised people, seniors in care or receiving home care, people on income support programs, and unhoused Albertans.
• Vaccination will be delivered only through public health clinics, not pharmacies, a change critics say will reduce access for many people.
• More than 100,000 Albertans have pre-ordered through the provincial portal ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline to receive booking notifications.
• British Columbia confirmed Albertans can receive publicly funded COVID-19 vaccines there at no cost, though clinic appointments are required and B.C. residents are prioritized.