  We show that if $\frac{L}{\varphi(q)\log X}\to\infty$ as $X\to\infty$, almost
all $(a, x)\in (\mathbb Z/q\mathbb Z)^\times\times [X, 2X]$ are such that there
exists a product of at most two primes in $[x, x + L]$ congruent to $a\mod{q}$.
