Quebecers aged 40 and over are invited as of Monday to make an appointment to receive their third dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
A few days ago, the Ministry of Health and Social Services accelerated the schedule for making appointments so that as many people as possible could get a third dose quickly in the face of the outbreak of the highly contagious variant. Omicron.
Next Wednesday, January 12, people over 35 can make an appointment. Two days later, Friday, it will be the turn of people aged 25 and over and starting next Monday, January 17, all Quebecers aged 18 or over will be able to take the steps to be inoculated.
Quebec has been facing a sharp increase in the number of people hospitalized for a COVID-19 infection for several days. On Sunday, there were 2,436, a record since the start of the pandemic.
Overloading hospitalizations and overloading are depriving more and more patients of surgery, which can put their health at risk.
Last week, two projection models selected by the National Institute of Excellence in Health and Social Services (INESSS) continued to forecast a growth in new hospitalizations linked to COVID-19 in Quebec. For regular beds, projections suggested that in two weeks, occupancy by these patients could exceed 3,000 beds, while around 20,000 healthcare workers are currently absent.
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