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Canada: Quebec changes its vaccination campaign
Quebec/IBNS: Canada's Quebec will make changes to its vaccination plan, the province's health minister Christian Dubé has announced.
There would be also a reduction in the number of doses to be administered by Feb 8, from 250,000 to 225,000, due to Pfizer's slowing down of COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to Canada.
Nevertheless, the Health Ministry promises to provide second doses to people who have had their first shot within a maximum of 90 days.
The ministry said in a statement released Tuesday morning that its plan to finish vaccinating people living in long-term care homes by next Monday has not changed, with 75 per cent of residents already being vaccinated.
The target for residents of private seniors homes as well as the number of health-care workers vaccinated by Feb 8 has been reduced, but the target for people living in remote regions will remain the same, said the ministry.
The vaccine rollout in private seniors’ residences would start by Jan 25
With a goal to vaccinate as many vulnerable people as possible, Dube announced last week the province's decision to administer the second dose of the vaccine within a maximum of three months for patients who have already received their first dose
(Reporting by Asha Bajaj)
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