Get Vaccinated or Pay: Province of Canada Imposes Health Tax
Created: 01/12/2022Updated: 01/12/2022, 1:12 PM
From: Lukas Zigo
Quebec's Prime Minister Francois Legault receives the Biontech / Pfizer booster vaccination.
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With many Covid deaths, Canada's province of Quebec is now breaking new ground in its vaccination strategy.
Those who do not want to vaccinate should pay.
Quebec - The province of Quebec has the highest number of coronavirus-related deaths in Canada.
In addition, Quebec is currently battling another spike in cases.
On Tuesday (January 11th, 2022), Quebec's Prime Minister Francois Legault announced that he was the first in the country to want to financially punish unvaccinated people.
Only about 12.8 percent of Quebecs are not yet vaccinated, but they make up nearly half of all hospital admissions.
According to data from the Province of Quebec, just over 85 percent of Quebec's residents had received at least one dose of vaccine by January 1.
Quebec's Prime Minister: Those who are not vaccinated against Corona have to pay a "contribution"
At a press conference, Prime Minister Legault said that people who did not receive their first dose will have to pay a "contribution".
Although the fee has not yet been determined, it will be "substantial", he said.
"I think right now it's a question of fairness to the 90 percent of the population who have made their own sacrifices," Legault said.
"I think we owe them this kind of measure."
“The vaccine is key to fighting the virus.
For this reason, we are thinking of a contribution for adults who refuse to be vaccinated for non-medical reasons. ”If you refuse the first dose of a vaccine in the coming weeks, you will have to pay a new health contribution, according to Legault.
Canada: Quebec already with strict corona restrictions
With regard to the corona restrictions, Quebec, with its over eight million inhabitants, is one of the strictest provinces in Canada.
The government recently announced that it would require proof of vaccination in order to shop in state cannabis and liquor stores.
There is also a curfew, the second of the pandemic, for 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Quebec's Covid death toll reached 12,028 on Tuesday (January 11, 2022) after 62 deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours.
The daily number reflects a rate similar to January 2021, before the province began large-scale vaccination.
USA: Canada adopts reverse vaccination strategy
In the eastern province of Canada, certain shops have to be closed on Sundays, which is otherwise not common in the North American country.
With the newly adopted regulations, Quebec is going the opposite way compared to the widespread vaccination strategies in North America.
In parts of the USA *, newly vaccinated people receive, among other things, money or monetary bonuses for immunization *.
Canada is not the first region with financial corona penalties
While very rare, Quebec is not the first region in the world to try to impose a financial penalty on those who do not want to be vaccinated.
From the end of January, people over 60 years old in Greece will have to pay a fine of 100 euros for every month they remain unvaccinated.
Singapore requires unvaccinated Covid patients to pay their medical bills themselves.
The omicron variant * of the coronavirus is spreading rapidly, as it is in Europe and the United States.
However, the number of infections is significantly lower than in the neighboring country of the USA.
(lz / dpa) *
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