Quebec’s interim public health director says wearing masks to protect against COVID-19 will soon become a matter of personal choice rather than an obligation.
The province announced Wednesday that mask mandates will be lifted by mid-April at the latest, but Luc Boileau said Thursday that the change could happen as soon as the third week of March.
Boileau told a news conference that he’s encouraged by recent projections that indicate cases and hospitalizations have continued to decline.
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He says that while there’s still a risk from COVID-19, especially for immunocompromised people, it’s no longer feasible to ask everyone to wear masks because some might be at risk.
Meanwhile, the province is reporting 24 more deaths linked to COVID-19, as well as a 17-person drop in the number of people hospitalized with the virus.
The overall number of people in hospital fell to 1,364, while the number of people in intensive care dropped by six to 76.
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