Quebec is the first province to impose a curfew in an effort to curb soaring COVID-19 infections, as the rise in infections across the country continues to strain hospitals and has left some morgues running out of space.
Premier Francois Legault spoke of the need to take drastic action as he announced a four-week curfew, to begin Saturday, that would bar people from leaving their homes between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m., unless they are going to work.
Legault says officials have been struggling to understand why the province's caseload has continued to spike despite existing restrictions, including the closure of schools.
With 1,393 COVID patients in hospital and 202 in intensive care units, the hospital system is at risk of being overrun in Quebec, said Dr. Donald Sheppard, chair of the department of microbiology and immunology at McGill University’s faculty of medicine. He said the province is at risk of exceeding already expanded capacity; beds freed up for COVID-19 patients are themselves filling up.
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