By Canadian Press

Alberta meat plant, site of COVID-19 outbreak last year, to get vaccination clinics

Apr 8, 2021 | 11:06 AM

HIGH RIVER, Alta. – Alberta Health Services says plans are underway to set up COVID-19 vaccination clinics at a meat-packing plant that was the site of a major outbreak last year.

Nearly half of the 2,200 workers at the Cargill facility, which shut for two weeks last April, contracted the novel coronavirus and two employees died.

Immunizations at the High River plant south of Calgary will be provided by occupational health nurses employed by the company.

Alberta Health Services is partnering with the Alberta International Medical Graduates Association and three primary care networks on the effort.

It says the pilot could be expanded to other plants in the coming weeks.

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 8, 2021.

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