Quebec is no longer recommending the COVID-19 booster shot for healthy individuals. Public Health Director Dr. Luc Boileau announced the most recent change in vaccine protocol during a Thursday press conference, stating that only those who are at risk and who haven't had COVID-19 before should get the booster dose.
In a press conference Tuesday morning, Premier Francois Legault, Health Minister Christian Dubé, Public Health Director Dr. Luc Boileau and Comité sur l'immunisation du Québec (CIQ) President Dr. Caroline Quach-Thanh announced the launch of a new vaccination campaign ahead of the fall.
As the seventh wave of COVID-19 works its way through the province, Quebec's public health officials will be holding a press conference Thursday afternoon to discuss the current epidemiological situation. The 2 p.m. conference will be hosted by the senior strategic medical advisor of the Direction générale de la santé publique of the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (MSSS), Dr. Marie-France Raynault.
Interim National Public Health Director Dr. Luc Boileau announced Thursday that he has recommended to the government that the Quebec COVID-19 mask mandate stays in place until mid-May.The mandate was originally supposed to end everywhere except public transit in mid-April. In light of the sixth wave spurred by the BA.2 variant, Boileau pushed that deadline to the end of April. Now he's pushing it two weeks further.