Nightlife resumes in Quebec. The government of François Legault has given its backing to the return of dance and karaoke in bars and restaurants, from mid-November.
These activities have been banned since the fall of 2020. At the time, outbreaks in karaoke bars had put Public Health on its guard.
These adjustments will apply in the field from mid-November, said the Minister of Health, Christian Dubé, during a press briefing in Quebec. “We had said that we would make easements in stages, so as not to go back”, he said, flanked by the national director of public health, Horacio Arruda, and the director of the vaccination strategy, Daniel Paré. .
The success of the vaccination campaign in secondary schools instills a little normality there. In the classes, where the students are overwhelmingly inoculated, the mask is about to fall, confirmed Quebec on Tuesday.
In recent months, high school students in nine regions and a handful of MRCs have been required to wear surgical masks in class, in common areas and in school transport. Montreal, Laval and Montérégie met this requirement in particular.
However, young people aged 12 to 17 are now among the most vaccinated age categories. As of the latest news, 86% of them had received two doses against COVID-19.
In higher education institutions, the vaccination rate has not changed enough for Quebec to end the mandatory mask. In primary schools, the vaccination operation has still not taken off.
On Tuesday, Minister Dubé also relaxed sanitary measures in bars and restaurants. Since a few hours, the capacity is no longer restricted
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