Hundreds of Alberta schools have had their COVID-19 vaccination clinics cancelled — for eligible children 12 and up — due to low uptake as case numbers soar across the province. According to Alberta Health Services (AHS), 303 of the planned 2,401 school-based COVID immunization clinics — or about 12.6 per cent — have been called off this month. "We're seeing more cases in children related to our overall low vaccine uptake, our overall low vaccine uptake in that age group, and the consequences of having had no public health measures to help prevent transmission for many weeks." So I'm a bit taken aback by the low uptake," said Wing Li, a member of the advocacy group Support our Students Alberta. According to AHS, if additional consent forms are received at schools where clinics have already been cancelled, it isn't too late to reschedule.

Source: CBC News September 24, 2021 20:48 UTC