COVID-19 in Quebec: What you need to know Friday
CBC
Note: Quebec's Health Ministry does not publish the number of vaccines administered on weekends and public holidays.
Premier François Legault says most of Quebec's public health measures could be lifted once the majority of kids aged five to 11 are vaccinated against COVID-19.
CBC News has learned Health Canada will announce the approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children in this age group on Friday.
On Thursday, Legault said being able to vaccinate kids will completely change the COVID-19 situation in the province. He says Quebec has been ready for weeks and is just waiting for the green light from Ottawa.
Legault added that vaccinating elementary school-aged children will pave the way for Quebec to eliminate a majority of mitigation measures in the province.
"Once we have vaccinated say 80 per cent of five to 11 year olds, it opens up good prospects for most of the public health measures to disappear," he said.
"It's coming; early 2022."
Fully vaccinated Canadians taking short trips abroad will soon no longer need proof of a negative COVID-19 molecular test to return home, say sources.
The sources — who spoke on the condition they not be named because they aren't authorized to speak on the record — said the government is only dropping the testing requirement for Canadians and permanent residents for trips lasting less than 72 hours.
The federal government has been facing mounting pressure to drop the rule requiring travellers entering Canada to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of their departing flight or planned arrival at the land border.
The change is expected to come into effect at the end of the month as cross-border shopping picks up before the holidays.
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"We administered them every day, but not at the level of our inventories," he said.
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