As of Monday, the Estriens will be able to sit at a restaurant table again and the youngest will resume training in the civilian leagues. This is’a first phase of deconfinement which will extend over three weeks and which was announced by Prime Minister François Legault.
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Restaurants can open again on Monday.
In the restaurants, four people (or two family bubbles) can share a meal. Dining rooms will also be limited to 50% capacity; service will be interrupted at 11:00 p.m.; and customers must have their vaccination passport on hand.
For many Sherbrooke residents, this relaxation was eagerly awaited. Many claim to have already reserved their table.
For many downtown regulars, the calm that currently reigns in this part of the city is distressing. They are impatiently waiting for life to resume with the deconfinement.
We can no longer stay locked up, even if it’s cold. We want businesses to have more customers“, underlines a passer-by crossed on Wellington Street. She claims to have already reserved her table in a restaurant next Thursday.
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Who are the vaccinated in intensive care?
Who are the vaccinated in intensive care? Half of the people who end up in intensive care units due to a severe form of COVID-19 are not vaccinated, said Prime Minister François Legault last week. The other half, on the other hand, is vaccinated, hence the skepticism of some with regard to the effectiveness of the vaccine, whose protective virtues are nevertheless constantly being praised. However, these people, although adequately vaccinated, are all immunocompromised due to an organ transplant, chemotherapy, hemodialysis or an autoimmune disease, which prevented them from developing good immune defenses. following the vaccination, supports Dr. Madeleine Durand, specialist in internal medicine at the Hospital Center of the University of Montreal (CHUM). No one adequately vaccinated and with a healthy immune system has yet been admitted to a CHUM intensive care unit. Of those vaccinated in intensive care, about half had been transferred to that unit because their condition had seriously worsened due to COVID-19. The other half were staying there for another medical reason, but since they were tested positive on admission to the hospital, these patients, who often have mild COVID-19, are nevertheless included in the statistics counting patients with COVID-19 who are in an intensive care unit. “So we cannot say that the vaccine has not worked for these kinds of patients, because they are not in intensive care for their COVID-19, but to treat something else. […]“says Dr. Madeleine Durand. These patients who are adequately vaccinated, but vulnerable due to their pre-existing medical condition, “are very dependent on herd immunity. They are not safe if the others are not vaccinated,” she explains. “All of our organ transplant recipients, all of the individuals on hemodialysis, all of the very elderly depend on the vaccination of everyone else!”, she recalls.
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French actor Gaspard Ulliel is dead
French actor Gaspard Ulliel is dead Caesarized actor Gaspard Ulliel, known for his interpretation of Yves Saint Laurent, died Wednesday at the age of 37, after a skiing accident in Savoie, his family announced in a press release. “Victim of a ski accident” on Tuesday, the actor “died”, indicates this brief press release. “Gaspard Ulliel grew up with cinema and cinema grew with him. They loved each other madly. It is with a heavy heart that we will now see his most beautiful interpretations and meet this certain look. We are losing a French actor,” immediately reacted Prime Minister Jean Castex on Twitter. He was known to the general public for films such as A Long Engagement Sunday (2004) by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Saint Laurent (2014) by Bertrand Bonello and Just the End of the World (2016) by Xavier Dolan, which earned him the César for best actor in 2017. He played a writer reuniting with his family after twelve years of absence, to whom he came to announce his impending death. During an eclectic career, he had toured alongside big names in French cinema, such as Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu. Angel’s face and slight gash linked to a dog scratch in childhood, i Leading a career in France but also internationally, he was soon to be featured in the Marvel series Moon Knight broadcast on Disney +.
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Should the N95 mask replace the blue mask?
Should the N95 mask replace the blue mask? Faced with the Omicron wave, the United States Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) have just changed their tune and now judge the N95 mask to be the most effective, resetting cloth masks to the last rank. What about Quebec, when community transmission is in full swing and congested hospitals are ready, if necessary, to reduce the minimum quality of care? Some experts say that an increase in protection is needed as soon as possible, others that the simple surgical mask still does the trick. “The surgical mask is effective if it meets strict standards. In practice, we see that it stems infections as well as the N95 mask, ”says Dr. Stéphane Perron, medical advisor at the National Institute of Public Health of Quebec (INSPQ). Even if Omicron proves to be more transmissible, the INSPQ does not consider it necessary, unlike the CDC, to widen the wearing of the N95 mask in the population, including in certain more at-risk situations. The Commission for Standards, Equity and Occupational Health and Safety (CNESST) last December extended its recommendation on the wearing of the N95 mask to healthcare workers in hot and warm areas, or in close contact with patients. “The take home message is that the current measures are still working. The N95 mask fits the face better, but if it is not tested or poorly adjusted, it is no more effective than the surgical mask,” insists Dr. Perron. But other experts oppose this view in the current context of high community transmission of Omicron and increasingly precarious access to care in hospitals. “It is high time to review this position. All scientists recognize the superiority of N95 […]. We are in a wave where people must protect themselves as much as possible, ”says immunologist André Veillette, of the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM). Professor Maximilien Debia, specialist in occupational hygiene at the School of Public Health at the University of Montreal, also considers that it is time to “change the paradigm” for N95. The INSPQ still does not advocate the use of N95 or KN95 masks in the community, reserving it for employees of the health network exposed to increased risks of exposure, in particular during medical procedures generating aerosols.
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Flexibilities for young people and seniors
Relief was also announced on Tuesday in living environments for the elderly. The number of visitors may increase to two per day for residents of long-term care accommodation centers (CHSLD) and to four in private residences for seniors (RPA) from Monday.
The practice of extracurricular and civil sports for young people under the age of 18 may also resume on Monday. However, groups will be limited to 25 people and any form of competition will be prohibited; only training will be tolerated.
This authorization will also be valid for extracurricular activities such as theater or chess games, illustrated the Prime Minister.