QC: Province announces new regional COVID-19 alert system

As Québec continues to see an upward trend in novel coronavirus cases, the province’s health minister, Christian Dube, unveiled the new regional COVID-19 alert system to allow people to measure the state of the pandemic in the province's different regions.

The levels are based on three criteria: the epidemiological situation, the control of transmission and the state of the health-care system.

Dube said that while he could not give specifics, when alert levels change for various provincial regions under the province's new alert system, there will be measures that are put in place and more inspections will likely take place to ensure adherence. He also said that in terms of various regions, for example, Montreal, there is the possibility a sub-region could see an orange level while another could be in green.