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Quebec is reducing the interval between doses for the AstraZeneca vaccine to eight weeks, Health Minister Christian Dubé announced on Thursday.
Shortening the delay goes against previous recommendations to wait at least 12 weeks between doses, but the province’s immunization committee says it will have little effect on the vaccine’s efficacy.
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People who received the AstraZeneca shot before April 3 will be able to receive their second dose as of this Saturday. Walk-in clinics are being organized across the province.
"I think they re looking for a way to recoup all the money they spent on the pandemic, which is a little bit premature since we re still not out of it," said one of two high-ranking sources who confirmed the planned cuts.
MONTREAL All Quebec regions are expected to be out of the province s highest pandemic-alert level by June 7, Premier François Legault said Tuesday, as the situation in the province continued to improve.
Pandemic restrictions across eight Quebec regions will be relaxed on May 31, Legault told reporters in Quebec City.
Five of those regions will move entirely from red to the orange level, under which in-person dining at restaurants is permitted and gyms can reopen. In three regions, Chaudière-Appalaches, Estrie and Bas-St-Laurent, several municipalities will remain at the red level while the rest will move to orange.
The province s largest city, Montreal, and its northern suburb of Laval will remain at the red level until at least June 7, Legault said.
Health-care staff expect much-needed breather this summer, with no restrictions on time off
A ministerial decree gives hospitals and other health-care establishments the ability to limit how much time off staff can take. But all signs point toward overworked health-care workers being able to take some much-needed vacation time this summer.
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Posted: May 22, 2021 1:40 PM ET | Last Updated: May 22
This summer, the amount of vacation time for health-care staff, including nurses, is not expected to be limited by the Quebec government s decree.(Ivanoh Demers/Radio-Canada)