The province administered 94,624 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours.
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This is our live coverage of the coronavirus crisis for July 23, 2021. Questions or comments? Email: jfeith@postmedia.com
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Top updates
- Dubé urges young adults to get vaccinated, says vaccine passport is at stake
- Quebec reports 101 new cases, one new death
- European agency clears Moderna vaccine for children 12-17
- Quebec may need more than 75% to get vaccinated, experts warn
- Laval synagogues follow membership’s lead, will require proof of vaccination
- Uncertainty over bosses’ back-to-work plans worries telecommuters: poll
12:00 p.m.
Dubé urges young adults to get vaccinated, says vaccine passport is at stake
Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé is urging young people to get vaccinated, saying they could make the difference in whether or not the province needs to use a vaccine passport this fall.
Quebec has set a goal of having 75 per cent of the 12 and older population fully vaccinated by September. If outbreaks continue by then, the province may require proof of vaccination to access non-essential services.
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“Young people must make the difference if we want to avoid using the vaccine passport,” Dubé said in a tweet Friday morning. “The (Delta) variant is already present in Quebec.”
Dubé noted the percentage of Quebecers 12 and over having received both doses is climbing by about one per cent each day. It reached 57 per cent Friday.
In the last four weeks, 95 per cent of new cases have been detected among people who are either unvaccinated or partially vaccinated. Among adults, people between the ages of 18 and 39 still have the lowest vaccination coverage in Quebec.
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11:15 a.m.
European agency clears Moderna vaccine for children 12-17
The European Medicines Agency on Friday recommended authorizing Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 12 to 17, the first time the shot has been authorized for people under 18, the Associated Press reports.
The EU drug regulator said research in more than 3,700 children aged 12 to 17 showed that the Moderna vaccine — already given the OK for adults across Europe — produced a comparable antibody response.
In Quebec, authorities have so far only used the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 17. As of Thursday, roughly 79 per cent of the age group had received a first dose, and 17 per cent their second.
11:00 a.m.
Quebec reports 101 new cases, one new death
Quebec has recorded 101 new cases of COVID-19, the provincial government announced this morning.
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That’s two more than yesterday.
In addition, one more death was recorded in the previous 24 hours.
Some other key statistics from Quebec’s latest COVID-19 update:
- Hospitalizations fell by four, to 67.
- The number of people in intensive care remained unchanged: 21
- 94,624 additional vaccine doses were administered over the previous 24 hours.
- 14,917 tests were conducted on Wednesday, the last day for which screening data is available.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Quebec has reported 376,530 cases and 11,239 deaths linked to COVID-19. A total of 364,539 people who have contracted the disease have since recovered.
10:00 a.m.
Quebec may need more than 75% to get vaccinated, experts warn
Though Quebec’s goal of fully vaccinating 75 per cent of Quebecers 12 and older by September is laudable, public health experts say it could take much higher protection to keep the pandemic under control this fall.
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Several experts who spoke with the Montreal Gazette this week were hesitant to pinpoint an exact percentage the province should aim for, but all agreed the goal should be to get the highest coverage possible.
“Because we’re a little bit at the mercy of what the virus is actually going to do, I don’t think you can put a pin on a chart and say, ‘OK, we’ve hit 75 per cent, we’re fine,’” said Dr. Brian Ward, professor of Infectious Diseases at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre.
10:00 a.m.
Laval synagogues follow membership’s lead, will require proof of vaccination
While Quebec continues to work on its vaccine passport to ease public health guidelines for the fully vaccinated, some institutions are taking matters into their own hands.
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Two synagogues in a shared building in Laval recently told their approximately 250 members only those who have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine will be permitted to enter as of Saturday — a move management says has been met with positivity thus far.
“We had a general meeting with our membership, and most of the members said to us that they would not come to synagogue if they would have to sit beside people who are unvaccinated,” said Mike Andrati, president of Shaar Shalom.
Read reporter Katelyn Thomas’s story here.
10:00 a.m.
Uncertainty over bosses’ back-to-work plans worries telecommuters: poll
A lack of clarity from employers on back-to-the-office protocols as the COVID-19 pandemic recedes has left some workers worried by the prospect of heading back to their workplace.
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And employees still in the dark over how a return to the office will play out think that lack of information signals an end to months of telecommuting, a possibility that leaves them even more concerned.
That worry manifested itself in an online survey of 3,000 Canadians conducted May 28-June 4 by LifeWorks, formerly known as Morneau Shepell.
Read more from La Presse Canadienne here.
9:15 a.m.
A guide to COVID-19 vaccinations in Quebec
Local health authorities have set up mass vaccination sites across Montreal.
You can book appointments via the Clic Santé website or by phone at 1-877-644-4545.
Quebecers can also visit walk-in AstraZeneca, Moderna and Pfizer vaccine clinics.
Here are the nuts and bolts of getting vaccinated, by Katherine Wilton. Her guide includes the age groups targeted, how to book appointments, and addresses of vaccination centres.
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Two private sites can also help you book appointments:
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9:15 a.m.
Here are the current pandemic restrictions in Montreal and Quebec
We are regularly updating our list of what services are open, closed or modified in Montreal and Quebec, including information on the curfew and other lockdown measures.
9:15 a.m.
Here’s where Montrealers can get tested today
Montrealers can be screened at test centres across the island.
You can check screening clinic wait times here.
8:30 a.m.
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