these measures and more are needed to address the “crushing covid-19 burden being borne by alberta and alberta health services,” wrote dr. noel gibney and dr. james talbot in the letter to health minister jason copping on sunday. gibney is a critical-care specialist and professor emeritus at the university of alberta, while talbot served as alberta’s chief medical officer of health from 2012 to 2015.
alberta’s icus are facing immense pressure as the number of patients needing care continues to rise during the fourth wave of covid-19.
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as of friday, 82.3 per cent of eligible albertans are partially immunized against covid-19, and 73.4 per cent are fully immunized. those numbers have seen a boost in the last week after alberta announced its vaccine passport system , dubbed the “restrictions exemption program.” among albertans of all ages, 70 per cent have at least one shot and 62.4 per cent have two.
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