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The COVID-19 alert level for the Estrie region is to be raised to red on Monday, bringing a tightening of public-health restrictions, the local public-health agency announced on Saturday.
With a growing number of cases in recent days, a decision was made to raise the alert level from orange to the maximum red starting at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, Alain Poirier, public-health director for the region, said in a press release.
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As cases surge, Quebec tightens COVID-19 restrictions in part of Eastern Townships
In recent days, Le Granit, a regional county municipality that includes Lac-Mégantic, has become the area with the most cases of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents in the province of Quebec.
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Emergency measures put in place in Granit 4 May 2021 at 17 h 19 min Reading time: 3 min
By Gordon Lambie
Quebec Premier Francois Legault announced Tuesday afternoon that the Granit region, which includes Lac-Mégantic and the surrounding area, will be under special emergency measures to help control the spread of COVID-19 as of midnight on Wednesday. The decision, which involves the closure of high schools and nonessential businesses and the implementation of an 8 p.m. curfew, was made in light of the fact that the sub-region now has the highest number of active cases per capita of any other in the province.
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Estrie catching up Reading time: 1 min
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There are 12,000 doses of AstraZeneca available to people in the region in the coming weeks, Estrie Public Health Director Alain Poirier told reporters Wednesday.
Anyone 45 years and older can make an appointment through the portal3.clicsante.ca website, or visit the Sherbrooke Exhibition Centre (centre de foires) between 5 and 8 p.m. to receive a dose.
According to Poirier, 4,239 of the 5,200 available appointments were filled between April 17-19. The rollout is proving popular and moving quickly. While the Estrie region was lagging slightly at 27.4 per cent of the population vaccinated, the region is on track to catch up with the rest of the province, now over 28 per cent.