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Coronavirus: Quebec government will not overturn hospital’s ban on guests in delivery rooms

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The Quebec government took a stance on Monday, saying it will not interfere with Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital’s contraversial decision to ban guests from delivery rooms due to COVID-19 concerns.

At the provincial government’s daily press briefing, Premier François Legault said he believes the decision made by the hospital was the right one. “It’s fair and reasonable,” said the premier, given the number of COVID-19 cases at the Jewish General.

The hospital’s decision to ban all guests — including fathers, partners, immediate family members and doulas — from delivery rooms came Friday, after hospital workers in the maternity ward found out a woman’s partner lied about having symptoms of the virus to accompany her in the delivery room.

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