COVID-19 in Quebec: What you need to know Thursday
CBC
The new cases represent those reported to the Quebec government only. They are believed to be an underrepresentation of the virus's spread, given the limited availability of PCR tests and use of home testing kits.
About 13,000 health-care workers are currently off the job in Quebec because of COVID-19, Radio-Canada has learned.
Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé, Quebec's associate deputy health minister Dr. Lucie Opatrny and Daniel Paré, the director of Quebec's vaccination campaign, will provide an update at 11 a.m. on the province's epidemiological situation.
There are currently more than 15,000 active COVID-19 cases in seniors residences across the province.
Quebecers can expect to be able to pick up COVID rapid tests at their local pharmacies by early next week.
Ottawa confirmed it would deliver 31.5 million tests to Quebec by the end of January. About three million rapid tests arrived in the province Wednesday.
The province is currently reserving PCR tests for those in high-risk settings such as hospitals, long-term care homes, detention centres and homeless shelters.
Quebec will distribute seven million rapid tests to preschools and elementary school students and staff, and says it's sticking to its plan of reopening schools by Jan. 17.
Education Minister Jean-François Roberge said he wants schools open as soon as possible because of the consequences keeping schools closed can have on children and their development.
The province has also promised to provide students with LTE sticks to plug into their computers if they don't have access to internet at home, and said it will also ramp up the number of carbon dioxide detectors distributed to schools.
About 30 to 40 per cent of COVID hospitalizations are actually people who sought care for another reason and were found to be positive to COVID once at the hospital, Quebec Public Health Director Dr. Horacio Arruda said.
Picking up a bottle of wine from the SAQ may soon require more than just your wallet and ID.
The Quebec government is considering implementing the vaccine passport at the SAQ and SQDC, Radio-Canada has learned.
The SAQ confirmed that it has discussed the measure with the province, and is prepared to apply it if the government goes ahead.
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