Alberta’s COVID-19 vaccine passport system comes into power at present.
This system permits companies and venues to function with out capability limits and different public well being measures in the event that they require proof of vaccination or a destructive check consequence from anybody getting into.
It applies at eating places, nightclubs, casinos, concert events and health amenities, and isn’t obligatory.
When it was introduced by Premier Jason Kenney final week, it additionally utilized to retail shops and libraries, however they have been faraway from the checklist of eligible companies over the weekend.
Kenney had beforehand opposed a vaccine passport over what he stated have been privateness considerations, however stated final week it has grow to be a crucial measure to guard Alberta’s hospitals that face the prospect of being overwhelmed within the pandemic’s fourth wave.
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Beginning Sunday, Albertans have been capable of obtain playing cards with the dates they’d acquired their vaccinations, and a well being ministry spokeswoman says work continues on a safer QR code that shall be out there within the coming weeks.
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