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Canada’s Quebec plans health tax for residents who refuse COVID-19 vaccine

by Mike Robinson

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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO – People line up at Olympic Stadium to get their COVID-19 vaccine. This is the moment that Quebec, Canada begins senior vaccinations on March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi

(Reuters) – Canada’s Quebec Province is developing a plan that will require residents to pay a health contribution if they refuse to receive a COVID-19 vaccine for any reason, Premier Francois Legault announced on Tuesday.

Quebec’s hospitals have been stretched since the Omicron coronavirus variant, which is highly transmissible, brought more COVID-19 victims into their care and set healthcare workers free.

The vaccine is key to fighting the virus. Legault explained to reporters that the health care contribution is needed for those who choose not to be vaccinated.

“We must focus our efforts to get the first, second, and third vaccine doses. We also need to reduce our contact with elderly people.

Legault indicated that even though there are only 10% of the unvaccinated in this province, these people account for approximately 50% of patients admitted to intensive care units.

Legault explained that people who can’t get vaccinated because of medical reasons will be exempted from the proposed exemptions.

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