{"id":9256,"date":"2025-10-07T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/?p=9256"},"modified":"2025-10-07T12:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T16:42:09","slug":"quebec-launches-fall-vaccination-campaign-covid-19-shots-no-longer-free-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/quebec-launches-fall-vaccination-campaign-covid-19-shots-no-longer-free-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Quebec launches fall vaccination campaign: COVID-19 shots no longer free for all"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quebecers can now book their appointments as the province\u2019s fall vaccination campaign is underway but unlike previous years the COVID-19 shot is no longer free for all.<\/p>\n<p>Unless an individual is part of a high-risk group, the Association qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise des pharmaciens propri\u00e9taires (AQPP) had said that the cost for a vaccine dose will range between $150 and $180.<\/p>\n<p>The COVID-19 vaccine remains free of charge to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Immunocompromised individuals or have chronic illnesses<\/li>\n<li>People aged 65 and older<\/li>\n<li>On dialysis<\/li>\n<li>Residents of long-term care facilities (CHSLDs)<\/li>\n<li>Private seniors\u2019 residences (RPAs)<\/li>\n<li>Adults living in remote and isolated areas<\/li>\n<li>Healthcare workers<\/li>\n<li>Pregnant individuals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The public can now also book appointments to be vaccinated against influenza, offered free of charge to individuals aged six months and older who request it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quebecers can now book their appointments as the province\u2019s fall vaccination campaign is underway but unlike previous years the COVID-19 shot is no longer free for all.<\/p>\n<p>Unless an individual is part of a high-risk group, the Association qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise des pharmaciens propri\u00e9taires (AQPP) had said that the cost for a vaccine dose will range between $150 and $180.<\/p>\n<p>The COVID-19 vaccine remains free of charge to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Immunocompromised individuals or have chronic illnesses<\/li>\n<li>People aged 65 and older<\/li>\n<li>On dialysis<\/li>\n<li>Residents of long-term care facilities (CHSLDs)<\/li>\n<li>Private seniors\u2019 residences (RPAs)<\/li>\n<li>Adults living in remote and isolated areas<\/li>\n<li>Healthcare workers<\/li>\n<li>Pregnant individuals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/quebec-launches-fall-vaccination-campaign-covid-19-shots-no-longer-free-for-all\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Quebec launches fall vaccination campaign: COVID-19 shots no longer free for all<\/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":[96,18,77,70,14,15],"class_list":["post-9256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-canada","tag-covid-19","tag-influenza","tag-quebec","tag-sars-cov-2","tag-vaccines","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9256","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=9256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9257,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9256\/revisions\/9257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}