dose”,”text”:”We feel for the last few days that things have slowed down […] appointments and popularity of the thirddose”}}”>We feel for the last few days that things have slowed down […] appointments and popularity of the third dose
, remarks Cary Paquet, head of vaccination at Saint-Georges.
Since there is less traffic, they will wait less, so it’s not madness with the crowds either. Sometimes people don’t like it when it’s crowded
, she says.
Presently, the CISSS of Chaudière-Appalaches indicates that 75% of people aged 60 and over received this third dose. Public health, however, does not have the rate for the entire population.
5% behind
The figures for the granting of other doses are also lower in Beauce than in the rest of the region.
Monday, 78% of the inhabitants of Chaudière-Appalaches had received a second dose, against 73% in Beauce. This rate is 83% for the first dose, compared to 78% in Beauce.
In both cases, it is 5% less than their fellow citizens.
Ms. Paquet notes that the measures announced by the government, including the expansion of the vaccine passport, have succeeded in convincing many. There are some who will come to get their vaccination. They say out of obligation. We feel the pressure of the measures that come looking for them.
« 75% of people aged 60 and over came to get their 3rd dose in our region. It’s still a good number. »
The enthusiasm is less in the other age categories. At the level of younger populations, we are not at that level.
Military
The Canadian Armed Forces are still lending a hand in the Chaudière-Appalaches sub-region. They have been deployed in the vaccination clinics of Saint-Georges and Thetford Mines for two weeks.
Reservists are assigned to administrative duties such as scheduling appointments and office work. This is the case of Corporal Anthony Vacchio, a reservist in the Chaudière regiment. People are very happy to see me here. You have to understand that I am here by my own will, then it’s really the volunteers who are here who should be thanked, because they have been here since the beginning.
Corporal Anthony Vacchio is a reservist for the Canadian Armed Forces. Normally, he is a carpenter-joiner.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Pierre-Alexandre Bolduc
Hospitals still under pressure in the greater Quebec City region
The most recent public health report indicated that 239 people were still hospitalized due to COVID-19 in the Capitale-Nationale. This is four more than the last balance sheet. Twenty people are still in intensive care, one patient less than the day before.
On the other side of the river, 109 people are in hospital in the Chaudière-Appalaches hospital centers due to the coronavirus, or 5 less compared to the last update. The balance sheet of intensive care has not changed, with 13 patients with COVID-19.
Last week the CISSS of Chaudière-Appalaches was cautious, but felt that the situation was encouraging enough to see a gradual resumption of certain surgeries starting next month.
