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10.02.2021 / 00:31

Quebec health workers to wear N95 masks more often, but studies unclear on benefits

COVID-19.Linda Lapointe, vice-president at Quebec’s largest nurses’ union, says she’s pleased with the decision announced today but wants the government to require those masks also be worn in areas where patients are waiting for COVID-19 test results.Her union, the Fédération Interprofessionnelle de la santé , is suing the government to have N95 masks — designed to have a close fit and to filter 95 per cent of very small particles — issued more widely among health-care workers.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]But McMaster University professor of pathology and molecular medicine Dr.

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South Shore police forces to make rounds in schools as new COVID-19 rules begin

— With files from Global’s Brittany Henriques

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Asylum seekers want all essential workers to have a chance at permanent residency

coronavirus crisis.Asylum seekers on front lines of coronavirus crisis given chance at permanent residencyBut with the number of workers left out of the program, many say the criteria is unfair.“We want them to know that there’s still people working hard going outside everyday making sure that we get food, make sure our buildings are secure, and they need to be accepted equally like the ones that were accepted yesterday,” says Frantz André, a spokesperson from the Action Committee for People Without Status in Montreal.Henaway agreed.“Everyone deserves a right at permanent residency,” Henaway said.

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Coronavirus: Amusement centre industry requests government aid; many at risk of closing

As of Monday, the number of people allowed indoor public places increased to 250.Amusement centres are excluded and can still allow only 50 people at a time.The amusement centres Global News spoke with say they have systems in place to make sure cleanliness remains the main priority.

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Quebec public health director files a complaint with police after address leaked online

Quebec’s public health director has filed a complaint with provincial police after personal information, including an address, was shared on social media.Dr.

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Montreal public transit set to enforce mask-wearing measure as of July 13

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Quebec health minister to review why officials paid for advice on how to talk about coronavirus

coronavirus deaths.Dubé made the comments at a news conference on Tuesday, responding to revelations by Global News that the West Island Integrated University Health and Social Services Centre (CIUSSS) paid more than $140,000 for advice on how to talk to journalists and elected officials about their response to the COVID-19 pandemic.While he said he would look into the matter, the health minister also appeared to defend the contract.“If they did that, they used their judgment and they made sure it was done for the right reason,” said Dubé.Global News learned that the West Island CIUSSS spent $140,027.57 for the first 21 days of the contract from April 10 to April 30 after obtaining a copy of the bill, released through access to information

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Legault fails to secure agreement on Bill 61 which critics label ‘authoritarian’

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Bill 61 would allow the government to fast-track environmental reviews and the tendering process for major construction projects. It removes the right for property owners to contest the expropriation of their land by the government.And the bill initially allowed Legault to prolong the public health state of emergency indefinitely, a power the Quebec bar association said doesn’t exist anywhere else in Canada.

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A look at some of the Montreal infrastructure projects that will be fast-tracked under Bill 61

Bill 61, known as an “Act to restart Quebec’s economy and to mitigate the consequences of the public health emergency” due to the COVID-19 crisis, was unveiled by the government on Wednesday.

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Revenu Québec releases details for essential worker financial benefits program

Details for Quebec’s financial incentive program to retain essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic were released on Monday.

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School in the age of COVID-19: Quebec to reopen amid rigid distancing rules

Quebec schoolchildren will be entering a vastly changed environment this week when they head back to classrooms that have been closed since mid-March because of COVID-19.

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Quebecers answer call to work on farms, but are they up to the task?

Melina Plante has found that, on her five-hectare fruit and vegetable farm south of Montreal by the U.S. border, one experienced Guatemalan farmhand can produce more than two Quebecers.

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Coronavirus: Quebec counts 106 more deaths as crisis continues to hit long-term care homes

The COVID-19 crisis has now claimed 1,446 lives in Quebec, with an additional 106 deaths announced on Saturday. The number of confirmed cases in the province has risen to 23,267.

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Legault assures Quebec won’t reopen schools, daycares without weighing risks for kids

Quebec Premier François Legault says he won’t put children at risk after blowback from parents and teachers over talk of sending kids back to school and daycare in the coming weeks after an extended COVID-19 shutdown.

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‘Quite receptive’: Kelley grades Legault government’s coronavirus response

The Opposition Liberals (PLQ) in Quebec have been relatively quiet as Premier François Legault‘s government works to respond to the novel coronavirus outbreak.

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