Over 3,500 Alberta Health Care Professionals Call for Halt on Vaccine Mandate for Health Workers

Over 3,500 Alberta Health Care Professionals Call for Halt on Vaccine Mandate for Health Workers
A vial of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is seen at an Alberta Health Services vaccination clinic in Didsbury, Alta., on June 29, 2021. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh
Isaac Teo
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A group of over 3,500 Alberta health-care professionals including around 70 physicians is calling on the province to stop mandatory vaccination for health-sector workers, saying the mandate violates their Charter rights.

“We represent a wide range of vaccinated and unvaccinated health care professionals from multiple disciplines, who are deeply concerned about these mandatory vaccinations,” said the group referred to as Health Professionals United, in an open letter to Alberta Health Services (AHS) on Sept. 20.