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Quebec Tried To Clarify Its COVID Recommendations & What It Means To 'Live With The Virus'

In a press conference thursday afternoon, the senior strategic medical advisor of the Direction générale de la santé publique of the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (MSSS), Dr. Marie-France Raynault, explained the province’s current approach to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Raynault cited INSPQ polls which she says showed that Quebecers have "very varied understandings" of what it means to be living with COVID-19.

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The COVID-19 Quebec Mask Mandate Is Over – Here’s Everything You Need To Know

Since July 2020, the Quebec government has made masks across the province mandatory in all public places. Well, nearly two years later, the COVID-19 Quebec mask mandate has officially been dropped.

While it was originally meant to be lifted in mid-April, the mask mandate in Quebec was extended following a bump in cases during the virus' sixth wave.

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A Definitive Quebec Mask Mandate End Date Is Expected Today — Sorta

Interim National Public Health Director Dr. Luc Boileau will hold an 11 a.m. Quebec press conference Wednesday and is expected to confirm an end date for the province's mask mandate — at least in most spaces.

Multiple outlets report that Boileau is sticking to the May 14 deadline he tentatively set on April 28.

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The Quebec Mask Mandate Might End May 14 — But The Public Health Boss Wouldn't Commit

The Quebec mask mandate is projected to end in most enclosed public spaces on May 14, Interim National Public Health Director Dr. Luc Boileau said at a Thursday press conference.

He cautioned, however, that officials would not confirm an end date for face-covering rules until next week when, he said, they would have a better sense of the direction of the COVID-19 situation as the sixth wave winds down.

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Quebec Public Health Called A Press Conference & A Mask Rules End Date Is A Likely Topic

A Quebec public health press conference could bring news about the end of the mask mandate. Interim National Public Health Director Dr. Luc Boileau is scheduled to give an update on the province's COVID-19 situation at 2 p.m. Thursday.

The conference comes two weeks ahead of the projected end to face-covering requirements in most enclosed public spaces. Boileau has already twice pushed that deadline, first from mid-April to the beginning of May and then to mid-May.

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Canada Is Tweaking COVID-19 Travel Rules Again

Canada is tweaking its COVID-19 travel rules. The changes will make entering Canada a little easier for fully-vaccinated travellers.

As of April 25, the fully-vaxxed won't have to submit a quarantine plan when they enter Canada, nor will they have to monitor themselves for, nor report any COVID-19 symptoms. They also won't have to quarantine if someone else in their travel party has COVID-19 symptoms or tests positive or keep a list of contacts and places they visited in Canada.

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The Quebec COVID-19 Mask Mandate Has Been Extended Again

Interim National Public Health Director Dr. Luc Boileau announced at a Thursday press conference that the Quebec COVID-19 mask mandate will stay in place until mid-May.

The mandate was originally supposed to end everywhere except public transit in mid-April. In light of the sixth wave of COVID-19 infections spurred by the BA.2 variant, Boileau pushed that deadline to the end of April. Now he's pushing it two weeks further.

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The Quebec Mask Mandate Will Be Extended Through The Whole Month Of April

The Quebec mask mandate will last longer than initially planned. While officials had said that face-covering rules would end in most places in mid-April, Interim National Public Health Director Dr. Luc Boileau confirmed on Tuesday that public health has officially recommended that the government maintain the mandate through April.

That means Quebecers will have to continue masking up in enclosed public spaces. Boileau said officials would continue to evaluate the necessity of the measure.

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The Quebec Mask Mandate Will Likely Be Extended Thanks To The COVID-19 6th Wave

You may have been looking forward to packing away all your masks until the next pandemic, but they might be useful for a little longer. While officials had planned on ending the Quebec mask mandate for most public spaces in mid-April, it's looking like that deadline will be postponed.

"We're considering whether it would be appropriate to push back that date," interim National Public Health Director Dr. Luc Boileau said on Radio-Canada on April 3. "It's certainly conceivable that recommendations will go in that direction."

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Quebec's 6th Wave Of COVID-19 Has Begun, Says Public Health Institute

Quebec has officially entered a sixth wave of COVID-19, just two months after a fifth wave struck the province.

Epidemiologist Dr. Gaston De Serres with the Institut national de santé publique du Québec confirmed the update this afternoon.

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A Quebec Father Found A Way To Help Keep Immunocompromised People Safe As Restrictions End

The pandemic has been a time defined by adaptation as we all saw our lifestyles and priorities drastically shift. This has been especially true for immunocompromised folks, for whom a COVID-19 infection could be extremely serious. Inspired by his late daughter, one Quebec man has created a simple way to help immunosuppressed individuals be just a little safer.

Louis Sansfaçon was first inspired to create the Immunoclip while on a walk with his daughter, Émilie, who had just finished a round of chemotherapy in the hospital. While walking, they passed a man who wasn't wearing a mask. "Émilie told me, 'Dad, that guy doesn't know that I'm fighting for my life, for my health,'" said Sansfaçon.

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Here's When & Where Quebec Will Let You Take Off Your Mask In The Office

A day after the government outlined its timeline for the retreat of mandatory mask-wearing from public life, the Quebec workplace safety regulator released its own calendar for the gradual end of mask-wearing in the office.

While since February 28 the Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail has allowed workers outside the care network to take off their masks if they maintain two metres of physical distancing, only one-metre distancing will be required as of March 7.

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