Man assaults Sherbrooke nurse after she vaccinated wife without his 'consent,' police say

Police in Sherbrooke, Que., are looking for a man they say assaulted a nurse after telling her she needed his permission to give a COVID-19 vaccine to his wife.

The attack allegedly happened on Monday morning, at the Brunet pharmacy located near the corner of 12th Avenue North and du 24-Juin Street. 

“[Once there], the man quickly accuses the nurse of vaccinating his wife without [his] consent and then hits her several times to the face,” said Martin Carrier, a spokesperson for Sherbrooke police. 

Carrier says the man then ran away. The nurse, a woman in her 40s, was treated in hospital for injuries