The province's COVID-19 vaccination campaign is slowly ramping up, with Quebecers born in 1936 and earlier in the general population able to get shots as early as next week. Premier François Legault made the announcement during Tuesday afternoon's COVID-19 briefing at Montreal's Olympic Stadium. The pace of the province's vaccination efforts has garnered criticism, including from Ottawa, and last month's drastic reduction in the number of doses delivered from Pfizer-BioNtech didn't help matters. The campaign will begin in Montreal, but Quebecers across the province can make appointments as of Thursday. Legault said the younger age groups will follow in the coming weeks but urged those born after 1936 not to try to make an appointment yet.

Source: CBC News February 23, 2021 12:18 UTC