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February 16 — In preparation for the third weekly protest against COVID-19 restrictions, Quebec City indefinitely bans alcohol and barbecues in public parks. The head of Quebec City's police service is also granted unrestricted permission to make any decisions necessary with regard to traffic circulation, parking, and road closures. [357]
On March 21, 2020, the provincial government awarded a $7 million grant to Medicago, a Quebec City-based firm that was developing a COVID-19 vaccine candidate. [163] [164] On March 23, a team at the Montreal Heart Institute led by Jean-Claude Tardif launched a clinical trial exploring the use of colchicine to help treat complications of COVID ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in Canada is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 . It is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Most cases over the course of the pandemic have been in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta. Confirmed cases have been reported in all of Canada's ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in Montreal was part of the global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 , a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 . Until April 2021, Montreal was the worst affected health region in Canada.
Users of this vaccine passport, the first in Canada, faced fewer COVID-19 public health restrictions. [2] By early July, the demand for the paper vaccine passports temporarily overwhelmed the system. At the same time, the province reached a new "marker in the pandemic"—the COVID-19 vaccines supply exceeded "demand on a daily basis." [2] [44]
The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Quebec (French: Campagne de vaccination contre la Covid-19 au Québec) was a provincial effort to distribute and administer vaccines against COVID-19. Quebec received their first shipments of COVID-19 vaccines on December 13, 2020. [ 2 ]
The 2020 Singapore circuit breaker measures is an example of a lockdown due to COVID-19. [38] [39] On 12 June 2020, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 79.5% of US adults surveyed during May 5–12 supported stay-at-home orders and nonessential business closures as government-mandated COVID-19 mitigation strategies. [40]
On April 21, a case of COVID-19 was diagnosed at the Sisters of Sainte-Anne motherhouse; a month later, it was Quebec's most- affected private senior residence. [75] From May 3 to 5, the number of COVID-19 cases in Lachine doubled. [76] On May 15, the borough cancelled garage sales until further notice. [77]