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Covid-19: Montreal and Quebec partially reconfine each other

2020-09-29T16:05:51.180Z


While the Belle province is reached by a second wave, the Quebec government has imposed significant restrictions on the majority of its population, not to mention confinement.


Montreal

"Stay at home

,

"

urged Quebec's Minister of Health, Christian Dubé in recent weeks.

He was not listened to.

It's the red alert in Montreal and Quebec.

La Belle Province, affected by a second wave of Covid-19, raised its health alert system to the highest level on Monday evening, from orange to red, for three regions, including Montreal and Quebec.

This partial re-containment will be in effect from October 1 to 28.

It affects five million out of eight Quebecers.

Prime Minister François Legault emerged from fourteen days of preventive confinement on Monday, after being in contact with the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, Erin O'Toole, who is positive for the coronavirus, to address the nation.

“The figures are final.

We must take our responsibilities (…) and make difficult decisions

,

said François Legault.

The figures are final.

We must take our responsibilities (...) and make difficult decisions

Francois Legault

If the head of government did not want to talk about new confinement, bars, restaurants and casinos will have to close.

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Source: lefigaro

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