COVID-19-related gathering rules at the start of the holiday season, Health Minister Jason Copping says Alberta Health is watching developments around the Omicron variant “very carefully.”“We know it can spread quite quickly, but there’s still questions to be answered in regards to the level of severity,” Copping told Global News. “But we also know that the safest path forward is vaccination and our focus is increasing vaccination through the boosters and an expanded rapid testing as well.” COVID-19: Number of Omicron cases jumps from 60 to 119 in Alberta On Wednesday, Albertans over 50 and all health-care workers were made eligible to get booster shots.