One dinner, seven old friends, six Omicron infections: the new reality, says Montreal man

A rare dinner out for seven old friends at an upscale Montreal restaurant this month turned into an alarming lesson in Omicron, with six of the seven testing positive for COVID-19 within a few days.

It appears the highly contagious Omicron variant is responsible for the fast-moving infections.

Three of the six men have gotten calls from Montreal Public health so far, confirming the infections were caused by the Omicron variant, according to one member of the group who got that call himself.

He expects the others to get the same news any day now, he said.

“Six out of seven of us were knocked out in one dinner,” the 41-year-old Montreal resident, whom CTV News is calling by a pseudonym, Steven, said in an interview.