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Third dose of vaccine: qualified health care workers

Third dose of vaccine: qualified health care workers

If Quebec expands administration of the third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine to health care workers, the Omicron variant is a game changer and could force authorities to require mask-wearing for a long time to come.

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On Tuesday, Minister Christian Dube called caregivers, as well as chronically ill patients, pregnant women and people from isolated and remote communities to schedule their booster dose.

The health minister said people in their 60s would be able to benefit from the third dose of the vaccine, but only from January, due to a lack of personnel to administer the vaccine.

period of six months

Remember that a period of six months is necessary before you can receive a booster dose.

Many customers are already eligible for this additional virus protection and the new Omicron variant.

This is the case for users of CHSLDs, private seniors’ residences, citizens aged 70 and over living in the community, but also Quebecers who have received two doses of the AstraZeneca or Covishield vaccine, or one dose of the Janssen vaccine.

In the younger, the vaccination is going well, Mr. Dobby rejoiced. About 43% of children ages 5 to 11 made an appointment or had their first injection. “The next two weeks will be very critical now,” he added. To all parents, to all children, we are in the right direction, and we must be as high as possible when our schools are over. “

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But with the Omicron variant, the prospect of seeing health guidelines lifted seems to fade. warned ds Horacio Arruda.

The National Director of Public Health cited a brand new article from British Medical Journal, which indicates that the mask has proven to be an effective measure in countries that have witnessed an escalation of the epidemic recently.

If Minister Dube is to be believed, the face covering is here to stay and could also allow people to live with the virus. “We must make a difference between stopping health measures, which is what we pledged to do when there is a vaccination for children between the ages of 5 and 11, but the transitional measures that we can take […] To learn how to live with COVID. So if the mask is part of that…”

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