Front-line workers, including K-12 educational staff, prioritized in COVID-19 vaccine rollout

K-12 educational staff are among more than 300,000 front-line workers who will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations in the coming weeks.

The provincial government announced on March 18 that beginning in April, people in priority groups identified by public health and the COVID-19 Workplace Task Group will start to receive their first vaccine dose. These groups include:

• first responders (police, firefighters, emergency transport);
• K-12 educational staff;
• child care staff;
• grocery store workers;
• postal workers;
• bylaw and quarantine officers;
• manufacturing workers;
• wholesale/warehousing employees;
• staff living in congregate housing at places such as ski hills;
• correctional facilities staff; and
• cross-border transport staff.

More details and booking arrangements for front-line workers will be announced in the coming weeks.

Ministry of Health News Release