Alberta to begin vaccinating meat-plant workers this week, says health minister

CALGARY – Alberta’s health minister says he’ll be announcing plans later today to vaccinate meat-plant workers across the province against COVID-19.

Tyler Shandro says on Twitter that shots will be offered to 15,000 workers at 136 federal and provincial meat-packing plants starting this week.

He says the inoculations will be done at a combination of on-site and community locations.

Plans for a vaccination clinic at Cargill’s beef slaughterhouse south of Calgary were put off last week.