Quebec Premier François Legault has called on organizers of events that would attract more than 250 people to cancel them. Dave Sidaway / Montreal gazette files
Montreal Gazette: 'I am asking a lot,' Legault says of emergency coronavirus measures in Quebec
The orders could get more draconian — from closing schools and shopping malls to a generalized quarantine of the island of Montreal.
QUEBEC — Declaring Quebec is on an emergency footing that requires sacrifices, the Legault government Thursday made public a series of drastic measures designed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus before it gets out of hand.
And the orders could get more draconian — from closing schools and shopping malls to a generalized quarantine of the island of Montreal, Quebec’s most populated city. The province has the power to do it all if necessary.
“I am asking a lot,” Premier François Legault conceded at a news conference where the new measures were announced now that Quebec has 13 confirmed cases of the virus — thus far all travellers who came home with the virus.
“Today, Quebec must put itself on an emergency footing.
“Our challenge in the coming weeks to contain the spread of the virus. The coming weeks will be critical. Our goal is slow the spread of the virus to the maximum.
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WNU Editor: It is now hitting home. For those who are new to the blog. I live in Montreal.
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Concerns are growing that the deportation of migrants from the US and Mexico could accelerate the spread of coronavirus in Central America, after authorities in Honduras suspended repatriation flights and confirmed the first two cases in the country.
Honduras became the third country in Central America – and the first in the Northern Triangle region which is the largest source of migration to the US – to confirm cases of the virus late on Tuesday.
The cases both involved people who had recently returned from Europe, but three men deported from the US also arrived presenting symptoms of the virus.
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