Winnipeg Free Press By: Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press Posted:
Last Modified: 4:03 PM CST Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021
MONTREAL - Quebec will wait up to 90 days before giving a COVID-19 vaccine booster to people who have received a first shot, Health Minister Christian Dube said Thursday.
A man walks past the COVID-19 vaccination site at Maimonides long-term care facility Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
MONTREAL - Quebec will wait up to 90 days before giving a COVID-19 vaccine booster to people who have received a first shot, Health Minister Christian Dube said Thursday.
That delay goes far beyond the recommendation of vaccine manufacturers Pfizer and Moderna, which propose intervals of 21 and 28 days, respectively, and is more than double the 42-day maximum delay proposed by Canada s national vaccine advisory committee.
MONTREAL As COVID-19 stretches Montreal hospitals further and further, half the cardiac surgeries at the McGill University Health Centre have already been cancelled. Montrealers should expect more updates like this, said Dr. Peter Goldberg, the director of critical care at the MUHC, and it’s not good news. “We’re talking about important cardiac surgeries that are planned, that are scheduled,” he said Thursday. “They’re scheduled for a reason, because they are surgically indicated. They all, for lack of a better term, [have] a best-before date.” Those surgeries had to be cancelled because cardiac patients must stay in an intensive care unit after surgery, but that’s not possible right now – all but five of the MUHC’s 61 ICU beds are in use, nearly half of them with COVID-19 patients.
MONTREAL Quebec will wait up to 90 days before giving a COVID-19 vaccine booster to people who have received a first shot, Health Minister Christian Dube said Thursday.
Quebec s supply of COVID-19 vaccines could take a hit if the province continues to follow a schedule that isn t recommended by its maker, provincial leaders suggested Monday.
Police issue fines as Quebec curfew takes effect, cases continue to rise
by the canadian press
Last Updated Jan 10, 2021 at 3:34 pm EDT
A man is arrested by police after 8 p.m. as a curfew begins in the province of Quebec to counter the spread of COVID-19 on Saturday, January 9, 2021 in Quebec City. A handful of demonstrators walked downtown to protest the curfew. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Dozens of Quebec residents are facing fines for violating the province’s newly enacted curfew on Sunday as the COVID-19 infection rates the measure is meant to curb continued their sharp upward trajectory.