quebec announced the details of its covid-19 vaccine lottery on friday, offering $2 million in prizes to vaccinated residents this summer.
people must register in order to take part in the lottery, and can sign up at quebec.ca/concoursvaccination as of july 25.
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the province first floated the idea of using a lottery in late june, when the rate at which people were getting vaccinated started to slow down. the strategy has already been used in other canadian provinces, including alberta and manitoba.
with the threat of the delta variant taking hold come the fall , dubé said he believes it’s more important than ever for quebec to reach its goal. he considers every gained percentage point before then a victory, he added.
asked what else can be done to improve coverage, daniel paré, director of quebec’s vaccination campaign, said the province has learned throughout the campaign that different approaches can work to reach younger people.
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