Quebec recommends 3rd dose for those who’ve recently had COVID-19 – CBC
Get vaccinated as soon as symptoms go away, province says
Jan 12, 2022
Quebecers who have recently contracted COVID-19 will be able to get their third dose as soon as they are symptom-free, the government announced Wednesday.
Following a recommendation from Quebec Public Health, the province said anyone who wishes to get a booster shot, including those who recently had COVID-19, should get one “as soon as possible” to have better protection against the Omicron variant.
The new directive, issued amid skyrocketing hospitalization numbers, puts an end to the eight-week waiting period that had been recommended after illness. A three-month interval between the second and third doses must still be maintained.
But Benoit Barbeau, a virologist at the Université du Québec à Montréal, doesn’t believe people with two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine need to rush to roll up their sleeves after recovering from the virus.
“Logically, it makes sense to wait for a number of weeks after infection before getting your third dose because most people will have a good enough [immune] response,” he said.
