Key updates on COVID-19 in the region
Mar 28, 2022
Quebec’s interim public health director says all signs point to that province heading toward a sixth wave of COVID-19 driven by the Omicron variant BA.2.
Employers now are grappling with how to move forward with where staff work — and one employment expert says this will showcase the difference between publicly-owned and privately-owned organizations.
The questions around how and where people can give feedback at government meetings are in focus with Ottawa’s Police Services Board, which only allows in-person delegations as it resumes in-person meetings today.
Starting Friday, travellers will not need to get a COVID-19 test before coming to Canada. Quebec is starting to give fourth vaccine doses to select groups this week.
What are the numbers to watch?
Testing strategies have changed under the contagious Omicron variant and many people with COVID-19 aren’t reflected in case counts. Hospitalizations and wastewater can help fill in the picture.