Quebec gets 6,300 Paxlovid treatments as COVID-19 wave passes peak, public health says

Quebec's interim director of public health Dr. Luc Boileau said the province has past the COVID-19 peak, but some measures will remain in place.

Health Minister Christian Dubé sat alongside newly appointed interim-head of public health Luc Boileau, and assistant deputy to the minister of health Dr. Lucie Opatrny.

Boileau said though cases have likely peaked, some restrictions will remain in place and be lightened over time.

"This disease will not disappear quickly, it will stay for quite a while," Boileau said.

Tuesday was the first day of in-person classes for daycare, elementary and high school students, and the province lifted its 10 p.m. curfew on Monday.