Alberta COVID-19 vaccines expected to be available by mid-October [Video]

Alberta’s fall respiratory virus immunization program, including COVID-19 vaccines, is expected to begin in mid-October.

In an emailed statement Monday, the office of the minister of health said it is currently working with the federal government to procure the respiratory virus immunizations for the fall.

“We anticipate that fall respiratory virus immunizations will be available beginning on October 15,” the statement reads.

“We will have more to say on Alberta’s immunization program in the coming weeks.”

The province notes that the recently approved updated Novavax COVID-19 vaccine will not be available to Albertans as it is not being domestically manufactured.

“As confirmed by Novavax, Nuvaxovid will not be available on the private market, and there will be no option for Albertans to purchase the vaccine,” the office of the minister said in the statement.

Last week, the federal health agency also approved Moderna’s new COVID-19 vaccine that protects against currently circulating variants of the virus.

The new formulation of the mRNA vaccine, called Spikevax, targets the KP.2 Omicron subvariant.

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