Microbiologist-infectious disease specialist Cécile Tremblay proposes to the Legault government to add health restrictions in order to curb the spread of COVID-19.
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“I would close as many areas as possible that are not essential to achieve a significant drop in the number of cases around the holiday season,” says the doctor who works at the CHUM.
The Dre Tremblay believes that the Christmas holidays are an ideal time to reduce activity in the province.
“We must use the holiday season, which is a period where already, there is a decrease in activity in general, to maximize that as much as possible because otherwise, the month of January will be intolerable in hospitals,” warns -she.
She is already seeing a significant increase in cases in Quebec hospitals.
The microbiologist-infectious disease specialist also maintains that the health system is currently experiencing “enormous stress” in certain regions.
“And then our healthcare workers get sick or are in isolation because they’ve been in contact with sick people, which reduces our capacity in the healthcare system. We can’t afford that, so we will have to take much more drastic measures in my opinion ”, says Dre Tremblay.
Prime Minister François Legault is expected to announce additional restrictions early next week to help the health system by curbing the spread of the virus.
“The situation we currently have, we cannot allow it to remain at the level where it is. […] If the situation remains like that, we will be forced to add restrictions, unless Quebeckers begin to respect more the measures already in place, ”the Prime Minister also warned at a press briefing on Friday.
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