Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said the province is now in a place where it can administer upwards of 300,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine per week, if supply keeps up.

Kenney made the announcement Monday morning, just over an hour before two new rapid flow-through vaccination sites opened in Calgary and Edmonton.

The rapid vaccine sites at the Edmonton Expo Centre and Telus Convention Centre in Calgary were set to open at 12:30 p.m. by appointment only. Kenney said the sites will offer the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to those aged 55 to 64.

On Monday morning, Alberta began Phase 2C of its vaccine rollout plan, with more than 240,000 additional health-care workers now able to book their immunization appointment. This group includes nurses, doctors, dentists and any health-care workers in patient care facilities or those who provide direct patient care in the community.

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