While the number of hospitalizations in the province is on the rise, the national director of public health, Dr. Luc Boileau, will hold a press briefing on Thursday at 2 p.m.

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He will be accompanied by the medical specialist in public health at the National Institute of Public Health of Quebec (INSPQ) and secretary of the Committee on Immunization of Quebec, Dr. Nicholas Brousseau.

More details to come.