Quebec Premier François Legault announced special measures on Wednesday that will put four regions back under strict COVID-19 restrictions, while three other cities will have what amounts to a lockdown order. Legault said during a Wednesday press conference that the four regions—Capitale-Nationale, Outaouais, Chaudière-Appalaches, and Bas-Saint-Laurent—will move up to level-4 maximum alert (red zones), under Quebec’s color-coded alert system, beginning Thursday at 8 p.m. The premier said the infection rates in three other cities—Quebec, Lévis, and Gatineau—have been growing “exponentially,” and will therefore go under a 10-day lockdown, also starting on Thursday at 8 p.m. and last until April 12. The curfew in these three cities will be pushed forward from 9:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. This means businesses considered essential, such as grocery stores, will have to close at 7 p.m. Legault said “non-essential” businesses will be closed down as they were in January, will restaurants open only for …