Soon, all health workers in Canada will be vaccinated against the corona virus

In Quebec, more than 22,000 health workers are still at risk of being laid off if they are not vaccinated enough and do not receive two doses within a month.

As of August 26, more than 43,000 workers had not been adequately vaccinated. From August 26 to October 11, an average of 1,400 workers were vaccinated a day. If this pace continues, the government hopes to significantly reduce the number of workers who can be laid off.

According to data from Quebec’s National Public Health Agency (INSPQ), 93.4% of employees in the health network are adequately vaccinated. The health areas of Sakune-Lock-Saint-Gene, Capitol-National and Caspaci-Iles-de-La-Madeleine alone have a vaccination rate of more than 95%. Nunavic has a low rate, with 86% of workers being adequately vaccinated.

Immunization rates are low CHSLDResidential and long-term care center And among the beneficiaries’ assistants.

According to the epidemiological study of INSPQ (New window)Between March 1 and June 14, 2020, 13,581 health workers were infected with Govt-19, or a quarter of the cases identified in Quebec during the first wave of Govt-19. Eleven of these health workers died from it. The vast majority (70%) of health workers affected by COVID-19 are Orderly, nurses or nursing assistants.

According to the INSPQ, the risk of contracting Govt-19 infection is 10 times higher than other people.

Elsewhere in the country

All workers in long-term care facilities must receive the first dose by October 12 and the first dose within 35 days, or British Columbia announced last week. As of October 12, 5% (1955) of these employees had not received any dose (New window).

Elsewhere in the country, data on the immunization status of health workers is very poor. Several provinces have recently announced compulsory vaccination and workers still have a few days or weeks to submit vaccination certification.

So far, in Ontario, Yukon and Nunavut, the Vaccination is not mandatory for health workers.

Conversely, in Ontario, workers in high-risk organizations (hospitals, home and community care providers, long-term care homes, ambulance services) who do not submit proof of full immunization should be regularly tested. .

Ontario reports that 705,900 health workers received one dose and 697,000 two doses, but did not specify how many workers were affected in total.

Most Ontario hospitals have begun forcing workers to be vaccinated, and some have already begun expelling those who have not received two doses. For example, this is the situation of 252 employees in the Waterloo area (New window).

In the Newfoundland Labrador, of the 39,277 health workers, 37,361 were vaccinated by the end of September or 95%. The province does not collect information on health workers in the private sector (e.g., registered massage therapists, home support workers).

Nova Scodia claims to have taken more than 50,000 doses (or about 25,000 people were vaccinated) at the start of its vaccination campaign, but there are no recent data on vaccinations. On September 29, the province issued a vaccination order to all health workers; They must submit full vaccination certification by November 30th. Thus, within a month, the province will get a better idea of ​​the immunization status of its health workers.

A spokesman for the Alberta Department of Health said 93,000 workers, doctors and volunteers have submitted evidence of the vaccine to date. The province said several workers had received their two doses, but had not yet provided evidence that they had been vaccinated until Oct. 16.

The spokesman did not say how many employees would have to submit the certificate, but said 108,600 people work for Alberta Health Services, 12,500 staff at Alberta Precision Labs, Corwest and Capital Care Group, and it has 12,200 volunteers and more than 10,900 physicians.

Approximately 70% of the 133,300 employees have submitted vaccination certification to date. The ministry says unvaccinated workers will be allowed to continue as long as possible, but some may be laid off after October 31.

Nunavut, Saskatchewan and Manitoba did not collect data on the immunization status of health workers.

In Saskatchewan, health workers can report vaccination status until October 1. Those who have not been vaccinated should undergo screening tests and, if possible, be asked to adapt to their needs.

Elsewhere in the world, in the United States, Northwell Health, New York’s largest healthcare provider, refused to vaccinate 1,400 employees (less than 2% of its staff) in early October and had to quit their jobs. As of October 13, 90% of health workers (New window) Vaccinated from that state. Wyoming County vaccinated 74% of workers at the lowest rate.

In France, about 15,000 of the country’s 2 million health workers Are to be withheld without pay Because they did not provide proof of vaccination.

Update on Immunization Protection in Canada

To date, 71% of the total Canadian population (or 81% over the age of 12) has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

The vaccination rate is still below the 80% limit for those 40 and under. Young people aged 12 to 17 (75%) are fully vaccinated than adults aged 18 to 29 (72%).

More than 56 million doses have been administered in Canada, according to Health Canada (New window). Of these doses, there are approximately 18,000 reports of side effects following vaccination, or 0.032% of all doses. Of these, 13,307 were minor side effects (0.024%), and 4,675 were severe side effects (0.0008% of all doses).

Date 1^{There is} October 2021, Health Canada recorded 82 cases of thrombosis syndrome with thrombocytopenia, including six deaths (mean age 57); 31 cases of Guilin-Barre syndrome (average age 54 years); And two cases of capillary leak syndrome. In addition, there were 859 cases of heart attack or pericarditis (average age 28 years).

Health Canada estimates the number of cases of heart attack / pericarditis following vaccination More than one would normally expect in the general population, especially in men and women under the age of 40 and after the second dose.

Side effect rates following the second dose are lower than with the first dose.