Quebec’s vaccine passport system comes into effect on Wednesday of this week, and as of Sunday the VaxiCode app on which the system is based had been downloaded by 1,250,000 devices while the VaxiCode Verif reader app had been downloaded 151,000 times. The application remains available only to users of Apple devices as of this writing. The QR code that serves as a proof of vaccination can be acquired at https://covid19.quebec.ca/PreuveVaccinale and printed out for those not comfortable or equipped with a compatible smartphone.
The Province of Quebec reported 612 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, followed by 604 on Saturday and another 579 on Sunday bringing the total number of people infected since the start of the pandemic to 388,413. Although precise numbers regarding the number of active cases in the province were not available Sunday, Friday’s data saw that figure climb to 4,322, roughly the same number as at the end of the month of May.
There were no new deaths reported, keeping the total since the start of the pandemic stable at 11,285.
Vaccine passport to come into effect Wednesday
