More Sask. health-care workers soon to be eligible for vaccinations

More of Saskatchewan’s frontline health-care workers soon will be able to roll up their sleeves for a COVID-19 vaccination.

On Friday, the Ministry of Health announced some health-care workers who aren’t employed by the Saskatchewan Health Authority will become eligible in the coming days.

That group includes frontline staff in private physician offices who provide patient care, frontline staff in private digital imaging clinics, frontline staff in community labs, and frontline staff at the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency.

Those individuals are to receive a letter of eligibility, which they’ll need to register for a shot. Appointments for that group can only be made by phone (1-833-727-5829).

As of Friday at 2 p.m., the age groups who could make appointments or attend drive-through or walk-in clinics remained the same as it had been since the morning.

People aged 48 and over can book appointments online or by calling 1-833-727-5829 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 11 p.m.

Individuals between the ages of 40 and 47 living in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District, all remaining Phase 1 health-care workers and people with underlying health conditions who are considered clinically extremely vulnerable also can book appointments by phone.

Drive-through and walk-in clinics in the province expanded eligibility to people aged 48 to 54 on Friday. The only exception was the drive-through in Regina, where those between the ages of 46 and 54 were able to get a shot.

All of those clinics operate on a first-come, first-served basis.

More information on those clinics is available here.