Two Calgary COVID-19 testing sites to focus on vaccination
In this handout photo released by the University of Oxford a volunteer participates in the vaccine trial in Oxford, England on July 7, 2020. An Alberta senator is urging Ottawa to fund a Canadian company so it can develop a domestic COVID-19 vaccine to lessen the risk Canadians will have wait in a line on a foreign-made pandemic cure. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-University of Oxford via AP
CALGARY (660 NEWS) – As the ongoing battle with COVID-19 continues, Alberta Health Services (AHS) says two sites in the Calgary Zone will now focus on vaccination.
The two sites were used for testing, but AHS assures through Twitter that there will be no decrease in testing availability.
With demand for COVID-19 testing declining in recent weeks and a need to shift to immunizing against COVID-19, two walk-up sites in Calgary Zone are being changed to focus on vaccination.
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— Alberta Health Services (@AHS_media) January 15, 2021
There will still be nine other COVID-19 testing centres within the Calgary Zone.
Those who have been working in the two sites will be kept on to support vaccination work.