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premier legault announces he has tested positive for covid-19

legault said he feels fine and will continue to work at a distance for the next five days in conformity with public health directives.

by philip authier

mar 25 2022
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quebec — premier françois legault announced thursday he has tested positive for covid-19 .

in a tweet, legault said he started experiencing symptoms thursday afternoon and took a test that revealed he was positive.
he said he feels fine and will continue to work at a distance for the next five days in conformity with public health directives.
“we see with the rise in cases lately that the virus is present in quebec,” legault said. “let’s continue to be careful. we will get through this together.”
the announcement came as the numbers of cases and hospitalizations have increased in quebec. on thursday, the province recorded 2,295 new cases, the highest one-day count in just over five weeks.
a total of 1,062 people were hospitalized with covid-19 as of thursday, which is 28 more than a day earlier. in addition, 14 new deaths were reported.

on wednesday, interim public health director luc boileau said quebec is seeing signs of a sixth wave of covid-positive patients. he said he is recommending quebec start administering a fourth dose of vaccine to vulnerable people.

legault was present at the national assembly this week, chairing a cabinet meeting wednesday as well as meeting with his caucus in the evening. on thursday, he walked down the hall to question period with his mask on as reporters tried to get him to speak.
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he took questions from the opposition in the house thursday but started feeling poorly later, in the afternoon, on his way back to montreal from quebec city, his staff said. he was handed a test kit and went to his home in montreal to isolate.
the legislature only recently eased covid-19 rules, allowing the full contingent of 125 mnas to be present after allowing only half as many in recent months.
the glass dividers between mnas have also been removed and areas that had been off limits have re-opened. dining is permitted in the cafeteria.
masks are still required. mnas must also keep their masks on when in the main legislature or committee room except to speak.
there have not been any reports of other members of the coalition avenir québec caucus, staff or the cabinet getting the virus. legault’s staff said they have been told to monitor themselves based on their degree of contact with legault.
the premier has cancelled all his public activities friday. he was scheduled to be in his home riding of l’assomption.
among the first to wish legault a full recovery was liberal leader dominique anglade.
legault is 64. he got his third vaccine dose on dec. 27.
on wednesday, he told reporters he planned to keep wearing a mask “for a certain period” even when it is no longer mandatory.
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legault is not the first canadian politician to contract the virus during this wave. prime minister justin trudeau tested positive jan. 31 and had to isolate.
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philip authier, montreal gazette
philip authier, montreal gazette

hello from the quebec capital where i have been covering work at the national assembly since around 1989 when i joined the montreal gazette. i have seen many interesting events working here including the 1995 referendum, the rise of the coalition avenir québec and heated debates on touchy issues like bill 21 on state secularism and bill 96 on language. quebec being a winter city, i enjoy cross-country skiing and the carnaval. in the summer i am often found fishing and biking.

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