2024-08-23 23:10:00
Published on August 23
When will Quebec start its new vaccination campaign?
The date is still to be determined. Quebec’s Ministry of Health and Social Services said details will be released in the coming weeks. Health Canada is reviewing submissions from Pfizer and Moderna for their COVID-19 vaccines targeting the KP.2 strain. Health Canada is also evaluating the Novavax vaccine against the JN.1 strain. Health Canada said: “Pending regulatory authorization from Health Canada, the Government of Canada is working closely with provinces, territories and vaccine providers for the KP.2 variant to facilitate adequate vaccine supply to support its response to COVID-19. vaccination campaign. press.
What are the advantages of Pfizer and Moderna’s new vaccines?
Many COVID-19 cases in Quebec are currently linked to the new KP.3 variant “The good news is that the vaccines being prepared include the KP.2 variant, which is very close to what is currently circulating in the population,” INSPQ Preventive Medicine Expert Dr. Nicholas Brousseau explains. Therefore, people vaccinated with newer formulations should benefit from better immune responses against circulating variants. The vaccines were approved in the United States on Thursday.
Is COVID-19 still prevalent?
Yes, said Dr. Brousseau. “Despite the upward trend these past few weeks, COVID-19 is still here,” he said. This growth may be due to the arrival of new KP variants. “The good news is that despite all the vaccinations we’ve had, the fact is that people have sometimes been infected with COVID-19 multiple times and we’re no longer in the same place as we were before. Many times, the plot [d’infection] The situation is far less serious than what we initially saw,” he said.
Now that COVID-19 cases are much worse than at the start of the pandemic, are vaccines still necessary?
Yes, for some groups, Dr. Brousseau said. “There are still people who are at high risk of being hospitalized if they contract COVID-19. It is extremely important for these people to get vaccinated this autumn,” he insisted. The two main groups are people 60 and older and people of all ages with chronic medical conditions such as cancer, heart disease, lung disease or diabetes. “Healthy young people have a much lower risk of severe disease. So it’s a personal choice to take it,” he explained.
How long does vaccine protection last?
Generally, vaccines are effective for six months. “If people get vaccinated this fall, we can still give them good protection during the most critical period in the fall and winter, when we tend to be really at the peak of COVID-19,” Dr. Brousseau said. However, the duration of protection May vary depending on new variants in circulation.
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