Premier Legault to provide COVID update at press conference
Posted January 20, 2022 10:23 am.
Last Updated January 20, 2022 10:27 am.
Premier François Legault will hold a press conference today at 2 p.m., updating the province’s COVID-19 situation.
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He’s expected to respond to a report released Wednesday by Quebec’s health and welfare commissioner Joanne Castonguay that found the province doesn’t need a public inquiry into the high death toll in long-term care homes during the pandemic’s first wave.
Castonguay said between her investigation, the coroner’s inquest, and the probe by the ombudswoman, Quebec has enough information to make changes to its health system.
READ: Quebec needs action on health system, not another COVID-19 inquiry: commissioner
On Wednesday, Quebec added 88 more deaths linked to COVID-19, for a total of 12,541 since the pandemic began. More than 3,400 people in hospital with the virus.
The 2 p.m. press conference will include Health Minister Christian Dubé and interim Public Health Director Dr. Luc Boileau.
