{"id":153225,"date":"2025-09-18T19:06:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T19:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/153225\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T19:06:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T19:06:13","slug":"quebec-joins-alberta-in-ending-free-covid-19-shots-may-charge-180-per-dose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/153225\/","title":{"rendered":"Quebec joins Alberta in ending free COVID-19 shots, may charge $180 per dose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19 vaccines will no longer be free for the general public in Quebec starting this fall.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758044768_711_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><br \/>\nThe province\u2019s health department confirmed the policy change on Wednesday, and is the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11392974\/adriana-lagrange-covid-vaccine-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">second province, after Alberta<\/a>, to end the free vaccinations for its entire population.<\/p>\n<p>Only specific groups will continue to be eligible for subsidized vaccines, including people with chronic health conditions, those aged 65 and older, and health-care workers.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/healthiq.jpg\" alt=\"Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet weekly health news<\/p>\n<p>Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The department says most of the population has already been exposed to the virus and that healthy adults with COVID-19 immunity no longer need to be prioritized for vaccination.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>According to Quebec\u2019s association of owner-pharmacists, a dose of the vaccine costs between $150 and $180.<\/p>\n<p>Alberta <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11240743\/alberta-covid-19-vaccine-cost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">announced the plan back in June<\/a>, after the federal government put the provinces in charge of buying COVID-19 vaccines, as is routine with other immunization programs.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11432496\/trey-reed-body-hanging-from-tree-mississippi-delta-state\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758222372_95_trey-reed-delta-state-university.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tOutrage grows after body of Black student found hanging from tree in Mississippi\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11432894\/charlie-kirk-killing-trump-obama\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758222372_702_fba97b2857c694b53a05de19e876381e56d510ba94334012ea3d63c193116cff.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tObama warns U.S. in \u2018dangerous moment\u2019 citing Charlie Kirk killing, Trump\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information, consult Quebec\u2019s Institut national de sant\u00e9 publique du Qu\u00e9bec\u00a0(INSPQ) release <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspq.qc.ca\/publications\/3640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013with files from <a title=\"Posts by Quinn Ohler\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/author\/quinn-ohler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Quinn Ohler<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Health Matters: COVID-19 positivity rate increasing across Canada, report shows'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/HEALTH_MATTERS_SEPT_15TH_ONLINE_STILL.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:23<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHealth Matters: COVID-19 positivity rate increasing across Canada, report shows\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tPrevious Video<\/p>\n<p>\t\tNext Video<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COVID-19 vaccines will no longer be free for the general public in Quebec starting this fall. 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