From Monday, Quebec citizens over the age of 60 can book an appointment for their fifth COVID vaccination

Beginning August 29th, all adults are eligible.

Appointments for the fifth COVID-19 vaccination can be made and all adults will be eligible from 29 August. The state announced Tuesday.

Some groups are already using the Clic Santé booking site to arrange bookings: People over 75, isolated

The news is that vaccinated people who live in communities with direct contact with patients, health care workers, and residents of long-term care facilities (CHSLDs) and private nursing homes received the fifth dose ( (also called a third booster) the day after the start of administration.

The vaccine can be given to him five months after his last dose, but a person with COVID will have to wait three months before he is vaccinated, officials said.

Prime Minister François Legault said at a press conference in Quebec City, "It is the right time to launch a mass vaccination campaign, starting with the elderly and vulnerable, as we have done so far." is,” he said.

He noted that Quebecers are more vulnerable to the virus in the fall. When school starts, people go back to work after vacation and spend more time indoors.

He urged people to get vaccinated to protect themselves, the vulnerable and the health system. Health networks are still under pressure to catch up on surgeries and other procedures that have been delayed due to the pandemic, Lego added.

Legault said public health officials in Quebec do not recommend the implementation of coercive measures. Quebec destroyed his passport he vaccinated in March. Mandatory masks ended in May.

Quebec's Public Health Director, Dr. Luc Boileau, was asked about the possibility of reinstating mask mandates and vaccine passports.

He said the situation was stable and there was no indication that the new variant was taking hold in Quebec.

"We will see if there are situations where new measures are needed, but at this time there is no reason to add new, restrictive public health measures," Boileau said.

He said no special measures were recommended to politicians for campaigns leading to theOctober 3 local elections

. Some say Quebec is not doing enough to ensure the safety of air quality in schools.

"The air in our schools is safe," the prime minister replied, adding that the government was following all public health recommendations regarding schools.

In regards to the mass vaccination campaign, Health Minister Christian Duvet said 150 vaccination clinics had been set up, in addition to pharmacies. said it is. A walk-in clinic will also be set up.

"We have the capacity to vaccinate anyone who wants it, and we have the necessary amount of vaccine," he said, noting that the state can provide about 300,000 immunizations a week. added.

This week the UK became the first country to approve her COVID vaccine, which targets both the original and Omicron variants of the virus. The so-called bivalent vaccine is produced by Moderna as a booster for adults.

Duvet said Quebec citizens shouldn't wait for a new vaccine, and that shots will be available in Canada.

In an update published Tuesday, Quebec reported:

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