Quebec health officials to provide update on COVID-19 in province
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Minister of Health Christian Dubé will meet Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. in Montreal with the National Director of Public Health, Dr. Luc Boileau.
Quebec health officials are set to provide an update on COVID-19 in the province in a Wednesday conference.
Minister of Health Christian Dubé will meet Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. in Montreal with the National Director of Public Health, Dr. Luc Boileau.
On Tuesday, Quebec authorities reported no new deaths linked to COVID-19 and hospitalizations have remained stable since the end of last week.
As of Monday, there were 1,823 hospitalizations linked to the virus, including 522 hospitalized because of COVID-19 complications — a drop of six patients compared to the data released last Friday.
On the other hand, the absences of health professionals due to infection have dropped since Friday, standing at 3,376, a decrease of 578.
Two weeks ago, Boileau felt it was still too early to talk about a new wave of COVID-19 infections.
The national director of public health also said the proportion of adult Quebecers who were considered to be up to date with their vaccines, having one dose administered for less than five months, was only 22 per cent.
He explained that younger Quebecers felt the need to be vaccinated less, but that it was still important that the most vulnerable people be adequately vaccinated.
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