COVID-19 immunization campaign.Health Minister Christian Dubé announced earlier this month that some 350 pharmacies in the Montreal area will start taking appointments through the province’s vaccine booking portal Monday, with shots to begin March 22.He said the program will eventually expand to more than 1,400 pharmacies across the province that will administer about two million doses.The Montreal region is being prioritized in part because of the presence of more contagious COVID-19 variants, such as the B.1.1.7 variant that was first identified in the United Kingdom.
Canada expecting 1M Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses a week until early May The province has ramped up its vaccine effort in the last week, and administered more than 30,000.