“the onus is on us to wave our hand and say ‘hey, i’m good.’ and it would be a shame if there were thousands of people out there who haven’t been counted that should be.”
the premier said on monday that
alberta had reached a “critical point” in its vaccine rollout
, “where every single person who decides to get the first dose is going to be able to accelerate the full openness of alberta.”
since the federal government doesn’t request immunization information for entry into canada, the provinces are filling the gap, alberta health spokesperson tom mcmillan said in a statement.
“while we do not have an exact public figure available for the number of albertans immunized outside the country, this is expected to be relatively small, compared to the more than three million doses administered in alberta to date,” mcmillan said.
for now, anyone who was vaccinated in another country can show the written record to their health-care provider to have their record updated, he said. alberta health is currently working on an easier process for them to update their immunization records.
“once their information is recorded into the system, it will be reflected in the online data,” mcmillan said.
at least 2,664,802 albertans need to receive a first dose of vaccine to reach the 70 per cent threshold that triggers a two-week lag before the province enters the third and final phase of reopening.