Calgary 
Alberta is expanding the COVID-19 booster dose to include kids with immunocompromising conditions and underlying health conditions.
Starting February 15th, youth between the ages of 12 and 17 with underlying health conditions, all First Nations, Métis and Inuit youth, all children aged five to 11 who have specific immunocompromising conditions will be eligible to book a booster (third) dose. In addition, youth aged 12 to 17 with immunocompromising conditions will be eligible to book a booster (fourth) dose.
Children aged five to 11 with immunocompromising conditions receiving the third dose are recommended to wait at least eight weeks after the second dose and while 12-17 with immunocompromising conditions receiving their fourth dose must wait at least five months after the third dose.
Qualifying conditions for youth aged 12 to 17:
Eligible underlying health conditions for youth aged 12 to 17 include:
- A missing spleen or a spleen that is no longer working
- Sickle cell disease or thalassemia
- Chronic heart disease and vascular disease
- Chronic liver disease
- Chronic neurological disease
- Chronic respiratory diseases
- Diabetes requiring insulin or other anti-diabetic medication to control
- Pregnancy
- Severe mental illness or substance use disorder
- Severe obesity
- Severe or profound learning disabilities or severe developmental delay
- All First Nations, Métis and Inuit youth
Eligible immunocompromising conditions for all individuals five years of age and older:
- Recipients of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T-cell therapy
- Moderate to severe primary immunodeficiency (for example, DiGeorge syndrome, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome)
- Advanced untreated HIV infection or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or perinatally acquired HIV infection
- Immunosuppressive therapies (for example, anti-B cell therapies, high-dose systemic corticosteroids, alkylating agents, antimetabolites, or tumor-necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors and other biologic agents)
- Transplant recipients, including solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplants
- Chronic kidney disease receiving regular dialysis
- Receiving active cancer treatment (chemotherapy, immunotherapy or targeted therapies), excluding those receiving only hormonal therapy, radiation therapy or surgery
How to Book:
Bookings open on February 15th.
Parents and guardians can book appointments for additional doses for eligible children and adolescents online with AHS and participating pharmacies by using the Alberta vaccine booking system or by calling 811.
