Quebec is currently not considering reimposing blanket COVID-19 restrictions despite being in the midst of a wave, said a health official who provided an update Thursday on the situation in the province.
“We’re not going in the direction of population-wide mandatory measures,” said Dr. Marie-France Raynault, senior strategic medical adviser for public health with Quebec’s Ministry of Health and Social Services (MHSS).
Raynault said while some regions are seeing an increase in cases, others have plateaued, including the Montreal area.
“We’re clearly in a wave, with BA.5 being certainly responsible, but it mainly causes manageable infections without dramatic consequences for those infected,” she said….