Quebec’s 10 p.m. curfew will be lifted on Monday, said Premier Francois Legault during a Thursday press conference..“Experts tell us that new cases have peaked,” Legault told reporters adding its evidence “the measures we have put in place have worked.”.Just before New Year’s Eve, the Quebec government announced the province would return to a 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew for a second time during the pandemic..Bars, gyms and in-house dining in restaurants were also shut down across the province as the government looked for ways to stop the spread of the highly-contagious Omicron variant in hopes of preventing hospitals from being overwhelmed..Although K to 12 schools will reopen on Monday, Quebec’s education ministry — in a document sent to schools — requested schools develop contingency plans in case of teacher absences including listing people such as parents who can be called in as replacements..The closure of non-essential stores on Sundays will be lifted by next weekend, however, stores with more than 1,500 sq.-ft. will be required to enforce the vaccine passport. The new measure will not apply to grocery stores and pharmacies..No timeline has been set for the reopening of restaurants and other venues although Legault said he hopes it will happen in the coming weeks..“We set up exceptional measures, and 10 days later, we have better control of infections, and the increase has stabilized.”.Quebec’s positivity rate has slowed and sits just under 16% as of Thursday but the premier is concerned over the province’s hospitalizations which have grown through the Omicron wave..“We have to remain very careful,.” said Legault..“The number of hospitalization is still very high, and will maybe continue to increase for the next few days.”.Melanie Risdon is a reporter with the Western Standard.,.mrisdon@westernstandardonline.com
Quebec’s 10 p.m. curfew will be lifted on Monday, said Premier Francois Legault during a Thursday press conference..“Experts tell us that new cases have peaked,” Legault told reporters adding its evidence “the measures we have put in place have worked.”.Just before New Year’s Eve, the Quebec government announced the province would return to a 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew for a second time during the pandemic..Bars, gyms and in-house dining in restaurants were also shut down across the province as the government looked for ways to stop the spread of the highly-contagious Omicron variant in hopes of preventing hospitals from being overwhelmed..Although K to 12 schools will reopen on Monday, Quebec’s education ministry — in a document sent to schools — requested schools develop contingency plans in case of teacher absences including listing people such as parents who can be called in as replacements..The closure of non-essential stores on Sundays will be lifted by next weekend, however, stores with more than 1,500 sq.-ft. will be required to enforce the vaccine passport. The new measure will not apply to grocery stores and pharmacies..No timeline has been set for the reopening of restaurants and other venues although Legault said he hopes it will happen in the coming weeks..“We set up exceptional measures, and 10 days later, we have better control of infections, and the increase has stabilized.”.Quebec’s positivity rate has slowed and sits just under 16% as of Thursday but the premier is concerned over the province’s hospitalizations which have grown through the Omicron wave..“We have to remain very careful,.” said Legault..“The number of hospitalization is still very high, and will maybe continue to increase for the next few days.”.Melanie Risdon is a reporter with the Western Standard.,.mrisdon@westernstandardonline.com
