Quebec opens COVID-19 booster eligibility early for all adults as school year begins – CBC
Health officials call this back-to-school season the safest yet since start of pandemic
Aug 24, 2022
All Quebecers 18 and older who got their last COVID-19 booster shot five or more months ago can now get another, Quebec’s public health director announced Wednesday.
Under Quebec’s new mass vaccination campaign, adults were eligible for another dose as of next Monday. As thousands of CEGEP students returned to class this week and school-aged children are soon to follow, Dr. Luc Boileau announced the date has been moved up.
“The vaccination campaign is progressing well — very well — but there is space for appointments,” he said.
Boileau also announced that a booster dose for vulnerable children aged five to 11 years old will be available and recommended as of next week. The news comes days after Health Canada authorized a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children in that age group.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/boileau-back-to-school-covid-update-1.6560357
