(Quebec) The number of appointments made for a first dose of vaccine against COVID-19 continues to increase in Quebec, according to what the Minister of Health and Social Services, Christian Dubé, said on Wednesday.
Posted at 8:23 a.m.
In a brief message posted on social media, Minister Dubé specifies that around 5,000 appointments were made on Monday and 7,000 more on Tuesday, a record for several days, he said.
The Minister adds that these appointments for a first dose have been taken in all age groups.
Last week, Minister Dubé announced that in just a few days, appointments for the first dose had jumped from 1,500 per day to more than 6,000 for Thursday.
At a press conference, Christian Dubé had previously announced that the vaccine passport would be required to enter 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 pushed 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.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister François Legault said his government intended to require non-vaccinated people to pay a monetary contribution so that they pay for the burden they place on the health network. He said that we were working on the idea of charging a significant amount to all adults refusing vaccination against the coronavirus, except for a medical reason.