Vigie and Surveillance

An epidemiological investigation was conducted during the summer of 2023 among healthcare workers (HCWs) in Quebec to estimate the frequency of post COVID-19 condition (PCC), its functional impacts, and its progression over a two-year follow-up period. This second report presents the results on the functional impact of PCC from the first phase of the investigation.

This report presents the results of the epidemiological investigation conducted during the summer of 2023 among healthcare workers (HCWs) in Quebec, aimed at estimating the frequency of post COVID-19 condition (PCC), as well as its risk factors and the healthcare wanted and received. PCC is defined as the persistence of symptoms for at least 12 weeks following an acute COVID-19 episode.

This report documents the evolution of excess mortality in Québec, now that COVID-19 is considered to have become endemic, and proposes potential determinants of this excess mortality since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.