Since July 2020, the Quebec government has made masks across the province mandatory in all public places. Well, nearly three years later, the COVID-19 Quebec mask mandate has officially been dropped. While it was originally meant to be lifted mid-April, the mask mandate in Quebec was extended following a bump in cases during the virus' sixth wave. Now, after lots of "will they, won't they," Quebec has officially lifted the mask mandate as of May 14, 2022.
On April 29, 2022, Quebec Premier, François Legault and Canada's Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau spoke at Montreal's McGill University campus to announce the official arrival of a brand new Moderna plant in Montreal. The Montreal Moderna plant is set to produce up to 100 million doses of the vaccine annually, Legault shared during the Friday press conference.
It has been over a month since Montreal has entered its transition phase, leading many to wonder if the easing of COVID-19 restrictions would lead to a sixth wave throughout Quebec. Well, not only has the sixth wave arrived but it has seemingly returned with a slight vengeance. Montreal-based research centre, CIRANO released a study on Friday estimating that Quebec saw between 18,000 to 32,000 new COVID-19 infections per day last week.
Grab your popcorn. With the Omicron variant running rampant in our province and the record-breaking climbs in daily COVID-19 cases, Premier François Legault said the government is faced with "difficult decisions" and we ll be finding out what that means at 6 p.m. tonight.Although nothing is certain yet, various news outlets have begun to speculate what additional restrictions could be announced and social media has been rife with speculation about a reinstated Quebec curfew.
Due to the immense rise in daily positive COVID-19 results in Quebec, it seems Santé Québec simply cannot keep up with its individual calls to inform people that they have contracted the virus.In a tweet Tuesday night, Santé Québec wrote, “due to the high number of cases, positive test results will be communicated by email to those who consent.”