Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé is expected to provide an update on the province’s COVID-19 immunization campaign on Tuesday afternoon, including additional details surrounding the vaccine passport system.
The minister is in Montreal and will be speaking at a press conference at 3 p.m. that will be livestreamed here.
Dubé announced in mid-August Quebec would be requiring proof of vaccination to access non-essential services such as restaurants, bars, gyms and festivals as of Sept. 1.
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The passport, however, will not be required for retails stores. Pilot projects to test the system have been ongoing in several businesses across the province.
On Monday, Dubé said on Twitter that Quebecers are continuing to be vaccinated in the thousands, at both walk-in and appointment only clinics.
“The vaccine is an insurance policy, it allows to decrease the number of cases and hospitalizations and decreases the gravity of the symptoms,” he wrote in French.
He added that with another school year about to begin it’s important to have a maximum protection.
To date, Quebec has given more than 12. 1 million injections. Officials say 78.5 per cent of Quebecers aged 12 and older are considered adequately vaccinated.
— With files from Global News’ Kalina Laframboise, Alessia Maratta and Olivia O’Malley
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