Quebec public health officials expect 'modest' drop in hospitalizations, measures to be relaxed weekly
CTV
The number of patients in Quebec hospitals is expected to dip over the next few weeks based on projections, but public health officials warn sanitary measures need to be lifted cautiously and gradually.
The new public health director, Dr. Luc Boileau, gave his first press conference Thursday without the premier and health minister by his side, a move aimed to show more independence from the side of the public health department.
Boileau said based on new projections from the Institut national d'excellence en santé et services sociaux (INESSS) the province can proceed to relax some public health measures “one week at a time” depending on the evolution of the pandemic’s fifth wave.
However, the public health director said it’s “difficult” to provide a calendar of which measures will be lifted and when.
"We have arrived at a pivotal moment in the pandemic," said Dr. Boileau at the press conference, flanked by the interim director general of INESSS, Michèle de Guise, and Dr. Marie-France Raynault, an advisor to public health.
