Date of publication: Apr 06, 2022 • 45 minutes ago • 10 minutes of reading Hospitalizations in Quebec for COVID are expected to continue to rise, but the situation is still under control, according to a report released Wednesday by a provincial government research institute. Photo by Pierre Obendrauf / Montreal Gazette
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Calls to the health line in 2020 reveal the despair of CHSLD Herron owners People will die if the state of emergency is lifted immediately: Quebec Health Director Office vacancy in Canada rises as Omicron wave delays return “I’m not going to do it again” – McCann will not answer questions about Herron CHSLD Quebec hospital growth expected to accelerate: report Quebec supporter accuses Legault of “cowardice” when confronted with Herron CHSLD revelations The increase in hospitalizations continues as Quebec reports 12 new deaths As of today, Quebec 70 and above are eligible for fourth doses of vaccine US FDA advisers weigh the need for more vaccine boosters for COVID Opinion: The alarm went off for at least 10 days before the Herron report As of Thursday, Ontarians aged 60 and over are entitled to a fourth COVID-19 vaccine Alberta’s top doctor defends government response to COVID-19 pandemic in civil lawsuit “COVID is not a cold” – Germany calls for end to compulsory isolation “So many bodies piled up”: Hong Kong funerals flooded with COVID victims Quebec COVID guide: Vaccinations, tests Sign up for our free nightly coronavirus newsletter
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Calls to the health line in 2020 reveal the despair of CHSLD Herron owners
Telephone recordings of Health Queue 811, run by the Quebec government in 2020, have recently been released, revealing how desperate the owners of a long-term care home were during the first wave of the pandemic. The pair of recordings by the owners of the private house Herron, where 47 people died in the spring of 2020, were included in evidence for the forensic investigation investigating the deaths from COVID-19 in the province. Read our full story. 2:30 p.m.
People will die if the state of emergency is lifted immediately: Quebec Health Director
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An immediate end to Quebec’s state of emergency would be tantamount to killing people, the province’s interim director of public health warned on Wednesday. “If we stop everything now, we will take huge risks and kill people,” Dr Luc Boileau said on Wednesday. Read our full story. 1:50 p.m.
COVID cases are declining in America, but the risk of further increases remains
From the Reuters news agency: COVID-19 infections and deaths have dropped in most countries and territories in the United States in recent weeks, but the risk of further increases cannot be ignored as restrictions have eased and 240 million people remain unvaccinated, the Pan-US Health Organization said. PAHO). on Wednesday.
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“Many countries and territories in America have reduced public health measures and some have done so prematurely,” said PAHO director Carissa Etienne, noting that cases have risen recently in tourism-based areas, especially in the North. America and the Caribbean where vaccination coverage is low. The region continues to record more than 620,000 new cases each week, he told a news conference. Etienne also noted that the number of deaths has increased in some countries, but adjustments to the data may represent some of these increases, as some countries reclassify previous deaths as COVID-19-related. More than 685 million people have completed their vaccination programs in the region, but “despite our best efforts, 240 million people in America have not yet received a single vaccine against COVID,” Etienne said.
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The PAHO director stressed that countries must continue to monitor the virus to “stay prepared for what is to come”. “This means making the tests easily accessible to everyone everywhere, to prevent new cases and to prepare our health systems in the event of an increase in cases.” 1:15 p.m.
Office vacancy in Canada rises as Omicron wave delays return
Canadian landlords waiting for workers to return to offices evacuated during the pandemic were hit as the rise of the Omicron variant earlier in the year pushed more companies to abandon leases. Read our full story. 1:15 p.m.
In Shanghai, a long, fruitless wait for help amid the COVID blockade
The elderly woman leaned back in a chair in Shanghai’s cool spring weather as her three companions quarreled with police and others dressed in white biohazard uniforms, the only people visible on a street emptied of the COVID lockdown. 19.
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Read our full story. As seen on Weibo: Shanghai residents go to their balconies to sing and protest the lack of supplies. A drone appears: “Please comply with Covid restrictions. Control your soul’s desire for freedom. “Do not open the window and do not sing.” pic.twitter.com/pAnEGOlBIh – Alice Su (@aliceysu) April 6, 2022
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“I’m not going to do it again” – McCann will not answer questions about Herron CHSLD
Former Quebec Health Minister Danielle McCann today declined to answer questions about her initial response to the rapidly deteriorating Herron CHSLD during the first wave of the pandemic. At a press conference in Quebec City on academic freedom, McCann, who was demoted from the Department of Health and is now Minister of Higher Education, was repeatedly asked about new revelations about Herron. Radio Canada reported in a series of emails that McCann was among the ministers briefed a few days before the situation was made public when the Montreal Gazette reported that the elderly were being neglected and living in a miserable state of misery.
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The correspondence appears to contradict McCann’s version of events which he testified before the forensic examination. Opposition parties have stated they will not run in the by-elections, accusing them of lying to the police. “Look, I’m not going to comment on that again because I do not want to add to any kind of discussion,” McCann said in response to a question about Herron. “I feel a little uncomfortable because it is treated somewhat piecemeal. “I think it’s better to let (medical examiner Géhane Kamel) do her job.” Camel “has all the information. I was there for a few hours. I answered all her questions σαμε We gave them all the material “, added McCann. “It’s really respectful of the families (of the people of Heron who died). I do not want to give individual answers. “(The medical examiner) did a really thorough job.”
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Forty-seven Herron CHSLD residents died during the first wave. You can watch McCann’s press conference on the National Assembly website. Health Minister Danielle McCann, left, Quebec Prime Minister Francois Legault, right, and Quebec Public Health Director Horacio Arruda, back, go to a COVID-19 pandemic press conference on Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Photo: Boissinot / THE CANADIAN PRESS 11:30 a.m.
Quebec hospital growth expected to accelerate: report
Last week, the Institut National d ‘Excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS) said Quebec could see 200 new daily hospitalizations for COVID-19 patients in two weeks, up from just 100 at the time. In a report released today, the Quebec Government Health Research Institute said it now expects new hospitalizations to increase by 265 per day over two weeks. Following is an update from the Canadian Press: COVID-19 hospitalizations in Quebec are expected to increase over the next two weeks and there may be up to 265 new admissions a day during that time, the county health research institute said on Wednesday.
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But INESSS did not predict that the capacity of hospitals in the province would be excessive. “This is not a dramatic situation at the moment, but we will have to monitor the situation in the coming weeks,” Olivia Jacques’s spokeswoman said in an interview on Wednesday. “We still have the capacity for regular beds (COVID-19),” he said. The number of COVID-19 intensive care patients is also expected to increase over the same period, but is not expected to put significant pressure on the healthcare system, the institute predicted. COVID-19 treatment for …
