Daycares will be allowed to open June 1, as planned, although Legault warned parents that capacity would be reduced by about 50 per cent and there wouldn’t be room for every child
Quebec will move forward with plans to restart non-essential surgeries and allow stores and daycares in the Montreal area to reopen as the province reported its lowest number of COVID-19 deaths in over a month.
More importantly, he said more than 600 health-care workers have been able to return to work after being sidelined due to the pandemic, meaning the system is now better prepared in case of an eventual surge in patients linked to deconfinement. “The situation, the trend is good and allows us to take a certain gamble,” he said. “And to win that gamble, I need the collaboration of all Quebecers.”
But while plans moved ahead elsewhere in the province, Legault eventually cancelled the rest of the school year for Montreal elementary students, and pushed back the dates for daycares and businesses in the city that has become the hotspot of the pandemic in Canada.
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