Quebec to implement COVID-19 vaccine passport on Sept. 1 in the face of ‘inevitable’ 4th wave – CBC

Vaccine passports will be needed to access public events, bars, restaurants and gyms

Aug 10, 2021

Quebec’s health minister says a vaccination passport system will be implemented on Sept. 1 to combat rising COVID-19 cases and an “inevitable” fourth wave.

“Taking into account the increase in cases, the fall coming up with the back to school and back to work and the expected prevalence of the delta variant, the conditions are there to deploy the vaccination passport,” Christian Dubé said.

Dubé unveiled some details about the system, announced last week by Premier François Legault, alongside two public health officials — Dr. Yves Jalbert, a strategic medical adviser, and Caroline Roy, an adviser on matters related to the COVID-19 vaccination campaign.

The vaccine passport will be implemented in places with high capacity and a high rate of contact, such as festivals, bars, restaurants, gyms and training facilities to avoid the widespread closures that marked the first waves of COVID-19 in Quebec.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-vaccine-passport-1.6136031