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Lynne McVey, executive director of the West Island CIUSSS, said the health authority has been working on finding ways of vaccinating the most people possible while using the smallest number of personnel.
The drive-thru site is in line with that idea, she said, and the CIUSSS will share what it learns from the site with other health boards to help them develop their own.
Dubé said discussions about other potential drive-thru vaccination sites have already started and could be announced soon.
Quebec has so far administered more than 3 million first doses and 109,000 second doses.
In the 55 to 59 age group, Quebec has reached its goal of vaccinating 75 per cent of the population. That’s not so for the Montreal region, however, where another 10,000 people in that age group still need their first dose to reach the target.
The government hopes the initiative will make it easier for parents with young children to get their shot, as they could bring their children with them in the car. It’s also seen as an easier way for people with mobility issues to get vaccinated.
Lynne McVey, executive director of the West Island CIUSSS, said the health authority has been working on finding ways of vaccinating the most people possible while using the smallest number of personnel.
The drive-through site is in line with that idea, she said, and the CIUSSS will share what it learns from the site with other health boards to help them develop their own.
Emergency measures put in place in Granit 4 May 2021 at 17 h 19 min Reading time: 3 min
By Gordon Lambie
Quebec Premier Francois Legault announced Tuesday afternoon that the Granit region, which includes Lac-Mégantic and the surrounding area, will be under special emergency measures to help control the spread of COVID-19 as of midnight on Wednesday. The decision, which involves the closure of high schools and nonessential businesses and the implementation of an 8 p.m. curfew, was made in light of the fact that the sub-region now has the highest number of active cases per capita of any other in the province.
Active cases continue to decline in Quebec 2 May 2021 at 17 h 49 min Reading time: 2 min 30 s
By Gordon Lambie
In what Health Minister Christian Dubé referred to on Sunday as an encouraging tendency, the rate of new cases remained fairly stable in Quebec over the weekend.
The Province of Quebec reported 1,006 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday which, coupled with 1,101 from Saturday and 1041 from Friday, brought the total number of people infected to 351,880. Due to the higher number of people classified as “recovered,” the number of active cases declined by more than 500 over the weekend to 9,425.
There were nine new deaths, increasing the total since the start of the pandemic to 10,942, and the number of people in hospital for reasons linked to the virus and in intensive care both went down. Hospitalizations fell by 49 between Thursday and Sunday, going from 623 to 574, and ICU admissions decreased by eight, going from 165 to 157.