coronavirus cases continuing to rise across Canada — and showing no sign of slowing down — Quebec is now contemplating either shutting down in-person classrooms or extending the winter school break.Quebec Premier François Legault said on Thursday that the province is looking at the possibility of closing schools in order to slow the spread of COVID-19, but stressed that it is still the last thing the government wants to do.
Quebec looks at temporarily closing schools as coronavirus crisis deepens He said more than 300 classrooms already closed in the last two days, for a total of 1,174 across the province.“Schools are a place of transmission.