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Quebec backtracks on vaccine mandate for healthcare workers

by Lorraine Carpenter

12,000 unvaccinated workers will be able to keep their jobs if they’re tested three times a week.

CBC is reporting that Quebec is backtracking on their vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. In a press conference coming up at 2 p.m., the province’s Health Minister Christian Dubé is expected to announce that vaccination against COVID-19 will no longer be mandatory for health care workers as long as they comply with other measures such as being tested three times a week. Some workers may also face involuntary reassignments to other departments.

The vaccination deadline for the nearly 12,000 Quebec healthcare workers who remain unvaccinated was set for Nov. 15.

Quebec backtracks on vaccine mandate for healthcare workers

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Lorraine Carpenter was born in Montreal and studied communications and journalism at Concordia. She co-founded Cult MTL in 2012 following 12 years at the now-defunct Montreal alt weekly the Mirror, where she worked in editorial as copy editor and music editor. She’s dedicated to supporting the cultural scene in Montreal.