TORONTO — Flu and COVID-19 vaccine shots are available in parts of the country this week, with doctors urging people at highest risk in particular to get vaccinated as the respiratory virus season sets in.

In Ontario, seniors, long-term care residents, hospital staff and patients will be able to get the flu shot starting this week. They can also get a COVID-19 vaccine, which doctors widely agree is safe to do at the same time.

Flu and COVID-19 vaccination will open to everyone else in Ontario aged six months and older on Oct. 27, free of charge.

On Oct. 1, Alberta will begin offering free COVID-19 and flu shots to vulnerable populations — including seniors living in long-term care, people 65 and older receiving the Alberta Seniors Benefit, health-care workers, people who are homeless,

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