Quebec to offer 3rd dose of COVID-19 vaccine to people living in long-term care, seniors' homes
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Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé announced on Tuesday that public health authorities in the province are recommending a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for people living in long-term care facilities (CHSLDs), private seniors' homes (RPAs) and family-type or intermediate residences (RI-RTF).
He said that the province is not currently recommending that people living outside these kinds of facilities get a third dose.
"We will wait for the recommendations of our experts for other age groups and people living at home, depending on the evolution of the situation," Dubé said.
Dubé said the recommended interval to wait before getting a third dose is six months, which he said won't be a problem as most people in this category were vaccinated in March or April.
He said that the booster doses are planned to roll out at the same time as the annual influenza vaccine campaign and will begin in CHSLDs in late October and then move on to RPAs and RI-RTFs in November.
He said the decision is being made in response to the increasing number of cases in these facilities.
"Despite an excellent rate of vaccination, over the past month, we went from approximately 10 active cases at the beginning of September, and now we have 140 active cases in our CHSLDs, RPAs and RI-RTFs," said Dubé.
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