British Columbia and Quebec are seeing a surge in vaccination appointments after announcing residents won’t be able to go to restaurants, gyms, cinemas and bars unless they’re fully inoculated against COVID-19.
Since B.C. health officials announced the creation of the province’s vaccine card on Aug. 23, registrations to receive first doses tripled in residents under the age of 40, going from 4,161 appointments on Monday and Tuesday of the previous week to 12,904 appointments this past Monday and Tuesday. In Quebec, the daily number of first doses given climbed from 5,437 on Aug. 5, the day Premier François Legault revealed the provincial passport, to 8,162 two weeks later.
In that time period, daily first doses administered in Quebec increased by 50 per cent, while Ontario’s rate of first doses stayed flat and Alberta’s decreased by 3 per cent. Alberta has rejected issuing vaccine passports, while Ontario is now planning to implement one, sources have told The Globe and Mail.
Quebec, B.C. and Manitoba will restrict many social activities – including going to restaurants, bars, festivals, cinemas and gyms – to immunized people, while Manitoba’s immunization card will also allow holders to visit long-term care facilities and sit with members of different households in restaurants. The PEI pass allows travellers from out of province to skip the area’s mandatory quarantine. None of those provinces require the passport for access to essential services such as education or health care.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-bc-quebec-see-jump-in-first-covid-19-doses-after-instituting-vaccine/
Since B.C. health officials announced the creation of the province’s vaccine card on Aug. 23, registrations to receive first doses tripled in residents under the age of 40, going from 4,161 appointments on Monday and Tuesday of the previous week to 12,904 appointments this past Monday and Tuesday. In Quebec, the daily number of first doses given climbed from 5,437 on Aug. 5, the day Premier François Legault revealed the provincial passport, to 8,162 two weeks later.
In that time period, daily first doses administered in Quebec increased by 50 per cent, while Ontario’s rate of first doses stayed flat and Alberta’s decreased by 3 per cent. Alberta has rejected issuing vaccine passports, while Ontario is now planning to implement one, sources have told The Globe and Mail.
Quebec, B.C. and Manitoba will restrict many social activities – including going to restaurants, bars, festivals, cinemas and gyms – to immunized people, while Manitoba’s immunization card will also allow holders to visit long-term care facilities and sit with members of different households in restaurants. The PEI pass allows travellers from out of province to skip the area’s mandatory quarantine. None of those provinces require the passport for access to essential services such as education or health care.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-bc-quebec-see-jump-in-first-covid-19-doses-after-instituting-vaccine/
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