Date of publication: April 28, 2022 • 3 hours ago • 11 minutes of reading The interim director of public health of Quebec, Dr. Luc Boileau removes his mask as he arrives to give an update on COVID-19, Thursday 21 April 2022 in Montreal. Photo by Ryan Remiorz / The Canadian Press
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Moderna applies for COVID vaccine clearance in US for children under six
Moderna has applied for an emergency license for its COVID-19 vaccine in children aged six months to 6 years, after a successful test showed that two doses produced high levels of antibodies to the virus. Read our full story. 3:10 p.m.
Quebec will decide next week whether to end the mask’s mandate on May 14
The epidemiological situation is improving, but Quebec will only determine early next week whether to lift the mask mandate on May 14th.
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“The final decision will be made early next week,” he said. Luc Boileau, the county’s interim director of public health, told a news conference on Thursday. He added: “At the moment, we do not see anything that could derail” the intention to propose the removal of the mask mandate on the 14th. “We believe that by the beginning of next week we should feel comfortable enough to propose to the government (to remove) the obligation to use a mask in public places.” Boileau said that even when the broad mandate is lifted, masks will still be required on public transport and in healthcare facilities and long-term care homes. The Quebec Department of Public Health will continue to advise people to wear masks in public. Boileau said “there is good news” about the pandemic situation in Quebec.
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He said several indicators show that the situation is improving among the general population as well as among vulnerable populations such as the elderly. New hospitalizations are expected to continue to decline over the next two weeks, Boileau added. “The sixth wave is on its way to control and the peak is probably behind us,” he said. However, many cases are still reported daily, proof that “the pandemic is not over,” Boileau added. He noted that some people are re-infected immediately after recovering from a previous infection with a different variant. A reporter asked Boileau if he was considering reinstating the mask in the event of a seventh COVID wave in the autumn. In response, Boileau said his department could recommend to the government that masks be made mandatory again if “an emergency” justifies such a move.
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He added: “We do not really know what is going to happen in the future. Will there be another variation that will be very dangerous, that will be worse than the one we are experiencing right now? We just do not know. “ Boileau said his department “does not want” to make the masks mandatory again as soon as the current order is removed. Instead, he said he would prefer to suggest masks and allow people to “assess their own risk and see if they want” to wear face masks. Sorry, but this video failed to load.
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Moderna’s promising vaccine production facility will be built in the Montreal area
US vaccine maker Moderna will announce on Friday that it intends to build its promised Canadian plant in the Montreal area. A source familiar with the announcement confirms the deal, which comes almost nine months after Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel signed an agreement with the Canadian government to bring such a plant to Canada. Read our full story. 1:30 p.m.
Italy is extending the use of the mask indoors until mid-June
From the Reuters news agency: Face masks will remain mandatory in Italy on public transport and in some interiors until June 15, the health minister said on Thursday, as one of the country hardest hit by COVID delayed the end of pandemic restrictions.
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Masks will still be required to access cinemas, theaters and indoor events and to enter hospitals, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said, adding that the government intends to be careful in lifting the remaining measures. “We have decided to keep for a while, at least until June 15, an element of attention that I think is necessary,” Speranza said at an event organized by a medical association. The government had previously announced that health certificates proving vaccination or recent recovery from coronavirus would no longer be needed to access a huge range of services, including restaurants, gyms and public transport, from 1 May. Italy was the first western country to be affected by the disease and so far has recorded 163,244 deaths, the eighth highest number in the world.
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He saw infections decrease in the first half of April, but according to a report by the Italian think tank Gimbe, COVID-19 cases have risen again in recent days. 1:10 p.m.
Quebec will lift the mask order on May 14 if the situation continues to improve
If the epidemiological situation continues to improve, Quebec plans to lift the mask’s broad mandate on May 14, according to the Montreal Gazette. Masks will still be needed on public transport, in healthcare facilities and on people who test positive for COVID. The Quebec Department of Public Health will continue to encourage people to wear masks in public. Dr. Luc Boileau, Quebec’s interim director of public health, is scheduled to give a press conference at 2 p.m. I will have live coverage and video streaming.
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Quebec originally planned to abolish mandatory mask rules in mid-April, but delayed the change due to increased hospitalization and the arrival of an unexpectedly delayed flu season. The sixth wave appears to be falling in Quebec. A sign that the worst of the sixth wave is over, a provincial government health research institute said yesterday that it expects the increase in hospitalizations to slow over the next two weeks. Quebec is one of the last jurisdictions in North America to require masks in all indoor public spaces. 12:20 pm
Do air purifiers work? Everything you need to know according to experts
If you did not take into account the quality of the air you breathe, at work or at home, the pandemic might have changed that. And for many Canadians now working from home, it makes sense to clean the air.
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CRA seizes $ 500,000 from man for COVID rental subsidies for properties they do not believe he actually leased
The Canada Revenue Service is recovering nearly $ 500,000 in potentially fraudulent COVID-19 rent subsidy payments from an Ontario man who claimed money on four rented properties that landlords say he never actually rented. Read our full story. 12:15 pm
The pandemic phase is not over, says Boileau
“I do not think we are out of the pandemic,” said Luc Boileau, acting national director of public health. He reacted to the comments of his American counterpart, Anthony Fauci, who stated that the United States was “out of the pandemic phase”. – Marie-Michele Sioui (@mmsioui) 28 April 2022
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Montreal-Cancun Flight Party passengers fined a total of $ 59,500
Transport Canada announced that it imposed a total of 42 sanctions on 37 of the 154 passengers in a noisy flight from Montreal to Cancun that caused international headlines and anger after the appearance of a video with passengers partying …
