Riel Roussopoulos
Front-line workers prioritized, including teachers, grocery store staff, to receive vaccines in April – Energeticcity.ca
The priority groups include:
- First responders (police, firefighters, emergency transport).
- K-12 educational staff.
- Child care staff.
- Grocery store workers.
- Postal workers.
- Bylaw and quarantine officers.
- Manufacturing workers.
- Wholesale/warehousing employees.
- Staff living in congregate housing at places such as ski hills.
- Correctional facilities staff.
- Cross-border transport staff.
The groups have been identified as workers in places and sectors where the use of personal protective equipment and barriers can be challenging, outbreaks and clusters have occurred or are ongoing, workers must live or work in congregate settings, and maintaining the workforce for a critical service is necessary.
These workplaces are in addition to large industrial camps, such as site c, agricultural operations and food processing plants labelled as a priority.
In total, the province expects to receive around 340,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine by the end of May 2021. A combination of community pharmacists, existing immunization clinics and mobile clinics will be used at some worksites to administer the AstraZeneca vaccine to front-line workers.
More information on booking arrangments for front-line workers is set to be released in the coming weeks.
The age-based vaccine rollout is ahead of schedule with every senior 80 years old and over, and Indigenous people 65 years old and over will be eligible to book a vaccination appointment by March 19th.
The next age cohort may be eligible as early as Saturday. Health authorities call centres have now extended to include those who are 79-70 years old and Indigenous peoples 55 and over.
The province says everyone in B.C. who is eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine will be able to receive their first dose before July 1st.
Published at Thu, 18 Mar 2021 20:46:11 +0000
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