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The site is expected to begin operations on May 17 and is expected to vaccinate up to another 4,000 people per day. Appointments will be required.
Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé detailed in a press conference from the airport on Tuesday morning.
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“The appetite for nominations is there, not only in Montreal, but also in Quebec,” Dubé said. “People need to be vaccinated, and what we’re providing them today is an additional service for them. “
The site will be open from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. m. seven days a week and other people may not want to leave their cars to get vaccinated. Including wait times, the procedure takes less than 30 minutes, Dubé said.
The government hopes that this initiative will make it easier to vaccinate parents of young children, as they can take their children in the car. It is also a less difficult way to vaccinate other people with reduced mobility.
Lynne McVey, executive director of West Island CIUSSS, said the fitness authority is looking at tactics to vaccinate as many other people as possible while employing as few staff as possible.
The self-service site is consistent with this idea, he said, and CIUSSS will share what it learns from the site with other fitness forums for them to expand theirs.
Dubé said discussions about other possible self-service vaccination sites have already begun and may be announced soon.
Quebec has administered more than 3 million first doses and 109,000 momentary doses.
Among people aged 55 to 59, Quebec has achieved its goal of vaccinating 75% of the population. However, this is not the case in the Montreal area, where another 10,000 people in this age organization still want to receive their first dose. Succeed in purpose.
Quebec has gained more than 450,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in the last two days and expects to get more than 2 million in May.
If the province can give another 2 million people their first dose in May, Dubé said, it may start administering the dose at the time faster than expected.
“I think it’s possible, but it’s in the hands of Quebecers. They want to get vaccinated in May,” Dubé said.
More than 160,000 more people made vaccination appointments on Monday, the first day of open appointments for all Quebecers aged forty-five and older.
The minimum age will be reduced to Wednesdays, 35 on Friday, 30 on May 10, 25 on May 12 and 18 on May 14.
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