coronavirus as students head back to class and the fall season looms.“We can’t let our guard down,” she said Friday during an executive committee meeting.A local state of emergency has been renewed, which grants the city exceptional powers and resources.
The measure has been in effect since March 27 and renewed 33 times since the COVID-19 crisis began.Montreal has been the epicentre of the virus’s outbreak in Canada with more than 29,000 cases.
It accounts for roughly half of the province’s caseload and death toll. Thousands of Quebec students head back to school amid coronavirus worries The number of new infections in Quebec has been slowly declining over the past few months as restrictions have been eased.