Quebec has now surpassed 300,000 recorded cases of COVID-19 a little over a year into the pandemic.<\/p>\n
A day earlier, Dr. Mylne Drouin, Montreal's public health director, urged the public to remain vigilant in order to delay an inevitablethird wave of infections.<\/p>\n
In an effort to deal with the growing spread of COVID-19 variants in the city'swest end, public health is putting together a pilot project to give priority vaccinations to some parents of school children.<\/p>\n
According to a letter sent to parents at JPPS-Bialik,theUnited Talmud Torahand Herzliya, the campaign is \"in responseto the urgency presented by the presence of the variant in our region.\"<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Quebec Health MinsterChristian Dubwas administered a dose ofAstraZenecaThursday afternoon. Holding a news briefing afterward, he was visibly emotional as he expressed his joy to finally have been inoculated after a long year.<\/p>\n
\"I am very happy to have received it,\" saidDub.<\/p>\n
Dubinsisted, as he has in the past, that AstraZeneca is a safe, effective vaccine.<\/p>\n
If you have been feelingisolated, we'vecompiledsome ways to help copeas part ofa special CBC Quebec project calledOut of the Dark: Real Talk on Mental Health.<\/p>\n
If you think you may have COVID-19, the government asks that you call18776444545to schedule an appointment at a screening clinic.<\/p>\n
To reserve an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccine, you can go on the online portal quebec.ca\/covidvaccine. You can also call 1-877-644-4545.<\/p>\n
Quebec government reminders for preventing the spread of COVID-19:<\/p>\n
You can find information on COVID-19 in the provincehereand information on the situation in Montrealhere.<\/p>\n
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