{"id":10169,"date":"2026-10-01T10:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T14:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/?p=10169"},"modified":"2026-10-13T10:37:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T14:37:24","slug":"la-campagne-de-vaccination-contre-la-grippe-et-la-covid-19-debutera-le-20-octobre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/la-campagne-de-vaccination-contre-la-grippe-et-la-covid-19-debutera-le-20-octobre\/","title":{"rendered":"The flu and COVID-19 vaccination campaign will begin on October&nbsp;20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quebecers will be able to make appointments starting on October&nbsp;13, to be vaccinated against the flu and <a target=\"_blank\" lang=\"fr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ledevoir.com\/coronavirus\"><span class=\"text-nowrap\">COVID-19<\/span><\/a> during the autumn campaign. This will start on October&nbsp;20, but <a target=\"_blank\" lang=\"fr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ledevoir.com\/actualites\/sante\/1003085\/vaccin-contre-grippe-ne-sera-plus-gratuit-tous-cet-automne\">this year the free vaccinations will be reserved for groups considered to be the most vulnerable<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In less than two weeks, the public will therefore be able to make appointments on Clic Sant\u00e9. It will also be possible to do this at pharmacies, with over 1,700 in the province offering the flu and <span class=\"text-nowrap\">COVID-19<\/span> vaccines free of charge to those who are eligible.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the free influenza and <span class=\"text-nowrap\">COVID-19<\/span> vaccine doses are reserved for people aged 65&nbsp;years and older, as well as residents of CHSLDs (residential and long-term care centres), private residences for the elderly, and other communal settings that include many vulnerable people.<\/p>\n<p>The immunocompromised, those who suffer from a chronic disease, and pregnant women will also be entitled to free coverage. The same for healthcare workers. As for caregivers, they will be able to benefit from receiving free doses, but only for the flu.<\/p>\n<p>For everyone else, it will now be necessary to spend around $30 at a pharmacy for the influenza vaccine, and around $150 for a <span class=\"text-nowrap\">COVID-19<\/span> vaccine, according to the Association qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise des pharmaciens propri\u00e9taires (AQPP). However, some insurance plans will cover these costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quebecers will be able to make appointments starting on October&nbsp;13, to be vaccinated against the flu and <a target=\"_blank\" lang=\"fr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ledevoir.com\/coronavirus\"><span class=\"text-nowrap\">COVID-19<\/span><\/a> during the autumn campaign. This will start on October&nbsp;20, but <a target=\"_blank\" lang=\"fr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ledevoir.com\/actualites\/sante\/1003085\/vaccin-contre-grippe-ne-sera-plus-gratuit-tous-cet-automne\">this year the free vaccinations will be reserved for groups considered to be the most vulnerable<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In less than two weeks, the public will therefore be able to make appointments on Clic Sant\u00e9. It will also be possible to do this at pharmacies, with over 1,700 in the province offering the flu and <span class=\"text-nowrap\">COVID-19<\/span> vaccines free of charge to those who are eligible.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the free influenza and <span class=\"text-nowrap\">COVID-19<\/span> vaccine doses are reserved for people aged 65&nbsp;years and older, as well as residents of CHSLDs (residential and long-term care centres), private residences for the elderly, and other communal settings that include many vulnerable people.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/la-campagne-de-vaccination-contre-la-grippe-et-la-covid-19-debutera-le-20-octobre\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The flu and COVID-19 vaccination campaign will begin on October&nbsp;20<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[96,18,77,70,14,653,15],"class_list":["post-10169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-canada","tag-covid-19","tag-influenza","tag-quebec","tag-sars-cov-2","tag-vaccine-clinics","tag-vaccines","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10169"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10179,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10169\/revisions\/10179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}