Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Ha Tu Thanh, Alanna Smith
Publication Date: September 17, 2025 - 18:24
Quebec to scale back free COVID-19 shots this fall after Alberta limits eligibility
September 17, 2025
Quebec has become the second Canadian province after Alberta that will no longer provide free vaccination against COVID-19 for all its population.
Instead, only certain categories of people will still receive the shot at no cost: seniors, health care workers, residents of remote regions and medically vulnerable patients.
Canadian health experts equipped with binders of information on the prolonged measles outbreak will travel in November to Mexico City, where an international committee will determine whether the country maintains its elimination status for the disease. The meeting with the Measles and Rubella Elimination Regional Monitoring and Re-Verification Commission (RVC), which works with the World Health Organization, may be more of a formality than a test for Canada, as it is all but assured to lose its designation.
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