The number of appointments made for a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine has increased sharply this week in Quebec, according to the Minister of Health and Social Services, Christian Dubé.
In a brief message posted on social media Friday morning, Minister Dubé specifies that in just a few days, the appointments for the first dose have increased from 1,500 per day to more than 6,000 for the day Thursday.
The Minister thanks the people who have decided to be vaccinated and repeats that it is not too late to receive a first dose of the vaccine.
In just a few days, the appointments for the 1st dose went from 1.5K per day to over 6K yesterday. Thank you to everyone who decided to get vaccinated. It is not too late to receive your 1st dose. Protect yourself.
https://t.co/LvEIaqn80x– Christian Dubé (@cdube_sante) January 7, 2022
Thursday, at a press conference, Christian Dubé announced that the vaccine passport would be required to enter the branches of the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) and the Société québécoise du cannabis (SQDC) as of January 18. He explained that this decision was taken in order to slow the increase in cases driven by the highly contagious variant Omicron.
He said he hoped that this measure would be an additional incentive for some to get their first dose of vaccine against COVID-19, recalling that more than 50% of people hospitalized for the coronavirus at the moment are unvaccinated, although they represent about 10% of the population.
The minister added that other non-essential services, including personal care, could be added in the coming weeks to the list of places requiring the vaccination passport.
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