Drouin said officials would also be more quick to close classrooms or worksites in cases of possible exposures to the variant.As of Wednesday afternoon, Quebec had confirmed one case of the Omicron variant.
Drouin said the case involved a person from Montreal who was double vaccinated and asymptomatic, and who she said was unlikely to have infected anyone else in the city.Drouin’s update came as Quebec reported a spike in COVID-19 cases, with nearly 1,200 new infections on Wednesday.