AstraZeneca no longer offered as a first dose 13 May 2021 at 17 h 48 min Reading time: 2 min 30 s
By Matthew McCully
The Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (MSSS) announced Thursday that AstraZeneca will no longer be offered to Quebecers as a first dose.
Any appointments scheduled for a first dose will be cancelled. Pharmacies will contact those affected to schedule a new appointment.
The decision is based on the recommendations of the Comité d’immunisation du Québec (CIQ), in an update of its opinion on the use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine against COVID-19.
An additional 148,000 doses of AstraZeneca are scheduled to be delivered over the next week. Those doses will be reserved to offer as a second dose to people who received AstraZeneca as a first dose. According to the MSSS, the same vaccine is still recommended for the second dose for people aged 45 and over who already received it.
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Note that the majority of data are presented according to the day they were entered. They are extracted at 4 p.m. at the date shown and cover the preceding 24 hours. However, the availability of the data on samples involves an additional delay of 24 hours and these correspond to the number of samples taken on the date shown.
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It should also be noted that the data prior to those of the last 24 hours presented in the column Deaths have been adjusted according to the actual dates of death. This explains the variation of some data compared to those presented in previous press releases. The daily death toll is influenced by the time required for the physician to report the death, the time required to complete the investigation to confirm that the death was attributable to COVID-19, and the entry into the system.
Through April, the provincial government prioritized vaccinating priority groups of Quebecers. Health Minister Christian Dubé the government will “without a doubt” meet its objective of having every adult who wants it be fully vaccinated by June 24.
Dubé says 10 approved businesses and pharmacies have been able to ramp up vaccine administration by giving shots to employees, their families, and the population of the region.
Dubé says that despite an optimistic vaccine rollout across the province, it’s “still too soon” to talk about loosening COVID-19 restrictions.
On Sunday, the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux announced the province’s seventh consecutive day of less than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases.
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QUÉBEC CITY, May 5, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ - The most recent data on the evolution of COVID-19, in the last 24 hours, in Québec show:
915 new cases, bringing the total number of people infected to 354,390;
334,531 people have recovered;
5 new deaths, for a total of 10,964:
1 death in the last 24 hours,
2 deaths between April 28 and May 3,
2 deaths before April 28,
588 hospitalizations, for a decrease of 6;
152 people in intensive care, for a decrease of 3;
39,961 samples conducted on May 3.
Vaccination
57,033 doses administered are added, that is 55,723 doses in the last 24 hours and 1,310 doses before May 4, for a total of 3,365,575;
3,893,539 doses received in total;
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QUÉBEC CITY, April 21, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ - The most recent data on the evolution of COVID-19, in the last 24 hours, in Québec show:
1,217 new cases, bringing the total number of people infected 340,397;
317,338 people have recovered;
6 new deaths, but the total of deaths amounts to 10,838, due to the withdrawal of 1 death not attributable to COVID-19:
1 death in the last 24 hours,
3 deaths between April 14 and April 19,
2 deaths before April 14,
716 hospitalizations, for an increase of 22;
178 people in intensive care, for an increase of 1;
44,311 samples conducted on April 19.
Vaccination
55,101 doses administered are added, i.e. 54,410 doses in the last 24 hours and 1,091 doses before April 20, for a total of 2,503,910;