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COVID-19 vaccines is raising concerns about academic freedom in the province.Patrick Provost, a professor in the university’s department of microbiology and immunology, says he was suspended for eight weeks without pay earlier this month for comments he made last December.Provost says he thinks the risks of COVID-19 vaccination for children outweigh the benefits.The Université Laval faculty union says it has filed a grievance over the suspension, adding that it worries the university’s actions could have a chilling effect on other professors who share controversial views.David Robinson, the executive director of the Canadian Association of University Teachers, says professors should be disciplined only for comments that amount to incompetence or that violate legal limits to speech, such as libel laws.Quebec Higher Education Minister Danielle McCann says Provost’s suspension is an example that justifies the government’s decision to adopt a bill earlier this month protecting academic freedom.

COVID-19 deaths in the province.In the recordings published Wednesday by La Presse, a panicked Samantha Chowieri and her husband call twice to the non-urgent health line, telling a nurse they are seeking a mass testing of residents.They say they are not getting any response from regional health officials and make clear there is no staff left to feed, hydrate and care for residents. Email reveals Quebec ministers knew earlier about Herron care home tragedy On Tuesday, Radio-Canada reported on an email tabled into evidence at the inquiry revealing that cabinet ministers knew about the dire situation at the Herron care home at least 10 days earlier than they had previously acknowledged.The March 29, 2020, email is labelled “URGENT” and warns the chief of staff to Seniors Minister Marguerite Blais that there were “almost no more staff” to care for Herron’s 154 residents.The email was reportedly forwarded to Blais that same night, while the health minister at the time, Danielle McCann, received a briefing on the situation the following day.

Herron long-term care home at least 10 days earlier than they had previously acknowledged.Forty-seven residents of the Montreal-area private care home died during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, leading to several investigations, including one by the coroner’s office. Residence Herron lacked staff, supplies before COVID-19 pandemic, Quebec coroner hears The March 29, 2020, email — first reported this week by Radio-Canada — is labelled “URGENT” and warns the chief of staff to Seniors Minister Marguerite Blais that there were “almost no more staff” to care for Herron’s 154 residents.The email was reportedly forwarded to Blais that night, while the health minister at the time, Danielle McCann, received a briefing on the situation the next day.However, both Blais and McCann have stated publicly that they only learned about conditions at the Herron care home from reading a news article in the Montreal Gazette on April 10, 2020.

Quebec’s first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus. Quebecers had been hearing for weeks about the mysterious new illness infecting thousands, first in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, and then in northern Italy and Iran.But when it first arrived on our shores, health officials urged calm.“The system has worked very well,” then-health minister Danielle McCann said of the health-care network’s ability to quickly identify and isolate the case.But one case soon grew to dozens, then hundreds, then thousands.

coronavirus pandemic, officials in Quebec are expected to provide an update on their response to the crisis.Premier François Legault will speak Tuesday morning alongside Health Minister Danielle McCann and Horacio Arruda, director of Quebec public health.Quebec is continuing to loosen the rules implemented to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Restaurants will be permitted to open up dining rooms beginning next week in most of Quebec.

COVID-19 numbers stayed below the 200-mark today as the province registered six new deaths.Health authorities say 198 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, bringing the provincial total to 53,047.A total of 4,984 people have died of COVID-19 in Quebec since the pandemic began.Quebec’s number of new cases have been trending downward, with less than 300 new positive tests a day for the past week.

Quebec has given the green light for public outdoor swimming pools to reopening across the province.

Quebec’s premier is expected to provide an update on the province’s response to the novel coronavirus pandemic as restrictions on regional travel in some areas begin to ease.

The Quebec government said it created a new email address where health-care workers can confidentially share what is happening on the ground during the COVID-19 crisis.

In Quebec, opposition MNAs plan to delve into COVID-19-related topics with the province’s economy and labour ministers on Friday during the first two virtual debates organized by the National Assembly.

After being told that the health network did not need her, former president of Doctors Without Borders Dr. Joanne Liu, who is on the list of the 100 most influential figures in the world according to Time magazine, will ultimately be able to help provide care in CHSLDs, Health Minister Danielle McCann unveiled Friday evening.

After being told that the health network did not need her, former president of Doctors Without Borders Dr. Joanne Liu, who is on the list of the 100 most influential figures in the world according to Time magazine, will ultimately be able to help provide care in CHSLDs, Health Minister Danielle McCann unveiled Friday evening.

A Quebec school board association is questioning the provincial government’s proposal to redeploy educational workers to the health sector amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

On Friday, Quebec Health Minister Danielle McCann confirmed The Montreal Gazette’s findings that public health discovered two corpses at the privately-owned long-term care facility Résidence Herron in Dorval.

On Friday, Quebec’s health minister Danielle McCann and seniors minister Marguerite Blais announced a new plan to protect seniors and vulnerable people amid the COVID-19 pandemic. McCann said it would include increased screening, prioritizing facilities that currently have outbreaks, and increasing support to health care workers.

Quebec’s Deputy Premier Genevieve Guilbault made her second appearance alongside Public Health director Dr. Horacio Arruda and Health Minister Danielle McCann on Saturday to deliver updates on the COVID-19 situation in the province.

Quebec Premier Francois Legault said on Thursday the Minister responsible for Government Administration and Chair of the Conseil du trésor, Christian Dubé, and Health Minister Danielle McCann would be announcing an improvements to the wages of workers in direct contact with COVID-19 patients.

The daughter of an elderly patient at a Verdun long-term care facility says she’s outraged over new measures taken to contain the spread of COVID-19.

From stern orders to wash your hands to calling on Quebecers to do something that makes them happy, Director of Public Health Dr. Horacio Arruda has undoubtedly become Quebec’s national treasure during these difficult times.

The Quebec government announced new guidelines on Thursday to protect frontline workers in hospital emergency rooms from COVID-19.