Quebec Starts Offering 5th Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine to Long-Term Care Residents

Quebec Starts Offering 5th Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine to Long-Term Care Residents
Quebec Premier François Legault receives a COVID-19 booster vaccine dose from Kenza Kias in Montreal, Aug. 5, 2022. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
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Quebec has begun offering a fifth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to residents of long-term care homes and private seniors residences.

The Health Department says it launched the new vaccine campaign for at-risk people because it expects infections to rise in the fall after schools reopen.