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Quebec to allow 90-day delay before second vaccine doses, more than double what national panel advises
Luca Caruso-Moro
CTV News Montreal Digital Reporter
Published Thursday, January 14, 2021 3:28PM EST Last Updated Thursday, January 14, 2021 8:16PM EST
QUEBEC CITY -- Quebec public health officials said Thursday that provincial advisors have recommended a prolonged COVID-19 vaccination schedule of up to 90 days between the first and second dose -- more than double what a national advisory committee recommended a day earlier.
“In our context, that is the best strategy,” said Health Minister Christian Dub? at a Thursday press conference on Quebec’s vaccination progress.
Quebec announced in late December it would be delaying second doses or "booster shots" of the vaccine, but the province hadn't said until Thursday what kind of delay it had in mind.
Provincial officials now say the second dose should come between 42 and 90 days after the first.
Such a schedule would allow the province to give the vaccine to more people who would otherwise have to wait for their first dose, said the health officials.
A delay of 90 days is much longer than what’s been recommended by Pfizer (21 days, for its vaccine), Moderna (28 days, for its vaccine), and federal public health advisors in their recommendation on Wednesday (up to 42 days for both vaccines)....
Quebec to allow 90-day delay before second vaccine doses, more than double what national panel advises
Luca Caruso-Moro
CTV News Montreal Digital Reporter
Published Thursday, January 14, 2021 3:28PM EST Last Updated Thursday, January 14, 2021 8:16PM EST
QUEBEC CITY -- Quebec public health officials said Thursday that provincial advisors have recommended a prolonged COVID-19 vaccination schedule of up to 90 days between the first and second dose -- more than double what a national advisory committee recommended a day earlier.
“In our context, that is the best strategy,” said Health Minister Christian Dub? at a Thursday press conference on Quebec’s vaccination progress.
Quebec announced in late December it would be delaying second doses or "booster shots" of the vaccine, but the province hadn't said until Thursday what kind of delay it had in mind.
Provincial officials now say the second dose should come between 42 and 90 days after the first.
Such a schedule would allow the province to give the vaccine to more people who would otherwise have to wait for their first dose, said the health officials.
A delay of 90 days is much longer than what’s been recommended by Pfizer (21 days, for its vaccine), Moderna (28 days, for its vaccine), and federal public health advisors in their recommendation on Wednesday (up to 42 days for both vaccines)....