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QUEBEC Citizens can look forward to a better summer this year as Quebec slowly but surely makes its way through the third wave of COVID-19, Premier François Legault said Tuesday.
With the number of new cases dropping and vaccinations rising, a clearly upbeat Legault said the situation is improving and “we’re headed in the right direction.”
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“We’re going through the third wave together and we’re getting closer to the finish line every day,” the premier said at a pandemic news conference at the National Assembly.
MONTREAL Quebecers have been getting an email and piece of paper after getting their first COVID-19 vaccine doses, but starting Thursday, they ll start getting the province s long-awaited official digital proof of vaccination. It will take the form of an individual QR code that can be scanned on a cellphone, similar to a boarding pass at the airport. However, it doesn t have any uses yet no one will be able to read it for now. The system has been discussed for weeks by provincial officials, but they only confirmed this week when exactly it would arrive. In the meantime, questions, and pressure, have been growing around exactly how it can be used, with some businesses and restaurants requesting the ability to scan customers for vaccination and, therefore, relax rules for them.
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Premier François Legault says he is optimistic summertime in Quebec will be much better than it was last year. (Ivanoh Demers/Radio-Canada)
The INSPQ survey also asked why these young people had little or no intention of receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Of those, 24 per cent said they did not trust vaccination in general; 18 per cent said they feared possible side effects; and 14 per cent did not see the point of inoculation, believing the risk to their health was low even if they were not vaccinated. Ten per cent expressed concerns about the effectiveness of the vaccine and another ten per cent said they had fears about the novelty of vaccines. Nevertheless, the survey also indicates that a strong majority of respondents believe vaccines are an effective way to reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19.