Medical masks to be mandatory inside Quebec workplaces beginning Thursday

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Quebec’s workplace health and safety board says in the case of outdoor work, a medical mask will be required when a two-metre distance can’t be respected

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Quebec’s workplace health and safety board will require that medical masks be worn at all times indoors in workplaces beginning Thursday.

The new measure announced today will apply everywhere in the province, and the board says it is an additional precaution, along with distancing and physical barriers, against the rise of more contagious COVID-19 variants. The board says in the case of outdoor work, a medical mask will be required when a two-metre distance can’t be respected.The province announced new restrictions in the province’s red zones this week, with gyms shuttering and places of worship reduced to a maximum capacity of 25 people as of Thursday.

Beginning next Monday, students in grades 9, 10 and 11 will attend school on alternate days in those red zones, with extracurricular activities cancelled. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government won't be pointing fingers or judging the provinces regarding their handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Trudeau says Ottawa will continue supporting the provinces by providing vaccines, investing in contact tracing and supporting workers and families.

 

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Helpful but not full-proof depending on the wearer.

But al the medical masks we buy says non medical on the boxes

This has been mandatory inside federal government offices located in Quebec (assuming elsewhere) for months. That we need to make mandatory what is obviously common sense speaks volumes about why this pandemic continues to spread.

Why not just keep on the vaccines and we'll be done by June? Skip this fucking mask bullshit.

Better be for free

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