Quebec is poised to ease mask restrictions in high schools, report says

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Other restrictions that can be relieved include check-ins at bars and restaurants and capacity restrictions on the ski slopes.

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Montreal Gazette

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November 02, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 1 minute read

Children listen to a teacher as they prepare for the first day of the new school year in Montreal on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021.
Children listen to a teacher as they prepare for the first day of the new school year in Montreal on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. Photo by Pierre Obendrauf /Montreal Gazette

The Legault government will announce Tuesday that high school students will no longer have to wear masks in class and that restaurants and bars will no longer be required to enter their customers’ names into a trace log. reports from the Journal of Montréal.

The report says the changes will take effect on November 15.

The report, citing anonymous sources, says that while high school students will continue to be required to wear masks in common areas and on school buses, the 86 percent vaccination rate for Quebecers aged 12 to 17 and a Stabilization of the number of COVID -19 cases during the fourth wave make classes without a mask possible.

The requirement that face masks be worn in elementary schools, where students are not vaccinated, will remain in place, as will CEGEPS and universities, where 21 percent of 18-29 year olds are not yet fully vaccinated. according to the report.

It will no longer be necessary to track records in bars and restaurants after business owners complained that despite being understaffed, they must process customers’ vaccine passports, according to the report.

Reference-montrealgazette.com

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