Article content Authorities were ready to start inoculating Montrealers over the age of 55 last week against COVID-19, but were not given the permission by the government to do so as the rest of the province was behind in the vaccine schedule and needed to catch up, the Montreal Gazette has learned. As a result of this policy decision, 5,000 vaccination appointments went unfilled in Montreal over the Easter weekend. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Authorities were ready to vaccinate Montrealers over 55 last week: source Back to video “There are a lot of unused but not wasted doses because we basically ran through the age groups that they permitted us to vaccinate,” a high-ranking source said.