COVID-19 in Quebec: What you need to know Thursday – CBC.ca

Quebec has now surpassed 300,000 recorded cases of COVID-19 a little over a year into the pandemic.

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.

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.

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."

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.

"I am very happy to have received it," saidDub.

Dubinsisted, as he has in the past, that AstraZeneca is a safe, effective vaccine.

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.

If you think you may have COVID-19, the government asks that you call18776444545to schedule an appointment at a screening clinic.

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.

Quebec government reminders for preventing the spread of COVID-19:

You can find information on COVID-19 in the provincehereand information on the situation in Montrealhere.

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