The vaccination of toddlers in Quebec is still slow to take off. A week after the start of the campaign to protect them against COVID-19, barely 1% of them received their first dose of the vaccine.
Posted at 12:49 p.m.
Fewer than 550 children aged 6 months to 4 years receive an average first dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 every day. Thus, barely 4400 children have been protected since the start of vaccination of this age group, authorized for a week. This represents 1%.
Last week, the national director of public health, the Dr Luc Boileau, had said not to worry about the low number of children presenting themselves in the centers of vaccination. He had attributed this slow start to the summer period, many people being on vacation.
Indeed, the province’s entire vaccination campaign is in slow motion. Quebec administers an average of 8,700 doses per day, down 21% over one week. This decrease is due to a drop in the number of people coming to collect their third and fourth dose.
However, barely 53% of the population received three doses and 17.1% received four.
However, Quebec recommends that citizens come and get their booster dose if their last dose was received more than five months ago. Citizens must also wait three months after having COVID-19 if they are infected.
