(Montreal) Quebecers aged 18 to 59 will gradually have access to the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as of Tuesday, January 4 for the oldest, and from January 21 for the youngest.
It is therefore people aged 55 to 59 who can make an appointment on Tuesday. Those between 50 and 54 will be able to do the same two days later, on Thursday.
Those who are 18 years old and over belonging to the other age categories will be able to register on six different dates between January 10 and 21.
The Minister of Health and Social Services, Christian Dubé, wants between two and three million people per month to receive the vaccine so that in March, the entire Quebec population is protected.
At the start of the week, less than 20% of Quebecers aged 5 and over had received their third dose.
On Monday, Canadian Minister of Public Safety Bill Blair announced the deployment of Canadian Armed Forces personnel to support Quebec’s vaccination campaign. The Department of National Defense clarified that the reconnaissance teams first carry out an assessment of the current situation in order to identify specific needs and that subsequently, the deployment of the appropriate number of soldiers to the locations targeted by the province will be carried out.
During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than a thousand members of the Armed Forces had been deployed in the CHSLDs of the province, which had become deadly due to the spread of the virus and the lack of personnel, while many health care workers fell ill.