{"id":9046,"date":"2025-08-19T21:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T01:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/?p=9046"},"modified":"2025-08-20T23:31:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T03:31:34","slug":"alberta-government-to-cover-covid-19-shots-for-health-care-workers-in-policy-reversal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/alberta-government-to-cover-covid-19-shots-for-health-care-workers-in-policy-reversal\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta government to cover COVID-19 shots for health-care workers in policy reversal"},"content":{"rendered":"

EDMONTON – In a partial policy reversal, Alberta’s government said Tuesday it will cover the cost of COVID-19 vaccinations for health-care workers.<\/p>\n

Maddison McKee, spokesperson to Primary and Preventative Health Services Minister Adriana LaGrange, said in an email that COVID-19 vaccine coverage will be extended to all health-care workers this fall under the first phase of the province’s vaccination rollout.<\/p>\n

“Immunization will remain voluntary,” said McKee.<\/p>\n

It comes two months after the government said most Albertans, including health workers, would have to pay for COVID-19 shots this season.<\/p>\n

Public health experts and health-care unions called it irresponsible to force front-line workers to pay for protection in the workplace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

EDMONTON – In a partial policy reversal, Alberta’s government said Tuesday it will cover the cost of COVID-19 vaccinations for health-care workers.<\/p>\n

Maddison McKee, spokesperson to Primary and Preventative Health Services Minister Adriana LaGrange, said in an email that COVID-19 vaccine coverage will be extended to all health-care workers this fall under the first phase of the province’s vaccination rollout.<\/p>\n

“Immunization will remain voluntary,” said McKee.<\/p>\n

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