If he says he understands the intentions of François Legault, the Minister of Health Christian Dubé refuses for the moment to support the idea of a Christmas with 25 guests, as mentioned earlier by the Prime Minister, given the recent spike in COVID-19 cases.
“The Prime Minister thinks of Christmas, thinks in Quebecers like everyone else, me included. We can’t wait, but right now, if we don’t want to go too far, too fast […], we must remain cautious ”, hammered Mr. Dubé during a press conference held at the beginning of the day Wednesday at the National Assembly.
Despite everything, the minister says he does not feel “any pressure” from his boss to ease the health measures in the run-up to the holidays. “I already have enough pressure from my wife to organize the Christmas party, I don’t need the pressure,” he quipped about it, with a smile on his face.
“I think it’s completely normal – and I haven’t even spoken to the Prime Minister about it – that we want to find Christmas again. I think it was in this context that he said it “, continued Mr. Dubé, who recalls that” on the other hand, on our side, what I wanted to recall with the Dr Arruda is that the current measures are sometimes forgotten ”. “At the moment, the private parties are 10 people, and that’s what we wanted to remember,” insisted the Minister of Health.
Focus on December 6
Christian Dubé thus returned for the first time to the words of François Legault, who confided on Monday that he would like Quebeckers to be able to be up to 25 around the table, reiterating however that Public Health will not rule before the 6 next december.
“Personally, I hope to have the OK so that during the holidays, we are able to climb to 20-25. But for now, I will listen to the recommendations of Public Health, ”had indeed launched the Prime Minister Monday, on the sidelines of the inauguration of Club Med Charlevoix.
“I know that it puts pressure, people would like to know and plan, but we must look at the epidemiology”, had also pleaded the Dr Arruda recalling that the Omicron variant “has been added to the chessboard”. There is only one case of this new variant in Quebec for the moment.
Recall that Quebec on Wednesday identified 1,196 new cases of COVID-19. This is a peak in terms of new daily infections in Quebec since the end of the third wave in the province. The last time that Quebec had reached the mark of 1,200 cases dates back to April 21. At that time, there were about ten deaths per day.