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The flu vaccine is now offered free of charge in QuebecPHOTO : iStock

The national director of public health, Dr. Luc Boileau, announced new recommendations regarding vaccination once morest COVID-19. He now invites only vulnerable people and those who have never contracted the virus to get a booster dose. Pediatrician and microbiologist-infectiologist Caroline Quach-Thanh explains that hybrid immunity, i.e. two doses of vaccine and infection with the virus, adequately protects people, which justifies this update of the recommendations.

At the microphone of 15-18Dr. Quach-Thanh paints an overall portrait of this first part of the virus and respiratory disease season.