Quebec Health Minister confident Montreal will reopen at same time as other regions
Posted May 19, 2021 5:13 pm.
Last Updated May 19, 2021 6:23 pm.
MONTREAL _ Quebec Health Minister Christian Dube says he’s confident Montreal will reopen at the same time as the rest of the province.
The reopening plan his government presented Tuesday says the “majority” of regions should move to the orange pandemic-alert level at the end of the month, but the regions were not defined.
Dube made the comments as he announced that Quebecers can get vaccinated at Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve racetrack, which hosts the F1 Canadian Grand Prix and is popular with cyclists.
The vaccination site at the track will be open to cyclists and for drive-through vaccinations on separate weekends in May and June.
Earlier today, Quebec reported 584 new cases of COVID-19 and eight more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, including one within the past 24 hours. Health officials say hospitalizations dropped by 18, to 466, and 113 people were in intensive care, a drop of five.
Officials say 71,485 doses of vaccine were administered Tuesday, for a total of 4,543,365, and about 50.5 per cent of Quebecers have received at least one dose of vaccine.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 19, 2021.
