They are Métal Duquet, a company specializing in the manufacture of kitchens and cafeterias in Saint-Côme, in Beauce, Rodrigue Métal, a company located in Saint-Romuald, and the contractor in charge of the construction site. of the CEGEP of Sainte-Marie, whose identity public health could not specify.
The cISS de Chaudière-Appalaches specifies that companies did not respect measures such as the wearing of masks for employees and customers, the two-meter distance, and that they did not keep a register of symptoms of employees and visitors.
Situation critique
in Beauce
The Chaudière-Appalaches region has recorded a high number of new cases of COVID-19 in recent days. In its most recent report, public health also specifies that more than 60% of the 85 active outbreaks in its territory are in the workplace.
The situation in the region is critical and of great concern
, indicates the director of public health Liliana Romero. It indicates that the increase in cases is particularly marked in the MRC Beauce-Sartigan and Nouvelle-Beauce.
A first hospitalization in Saint-Georges
The situation is also worrying in hospitals in the region. The Saint-Georges Hospital welcomed, Monday morning, a first patient with COVID-19. Twelve beds have been set up in this hospital for patients who have contracted the coronavirus. This is a first phase; up to 30 beds could be set up there if the number of employees allows it.
If we look at the last week, we see that hospitalizations are really increasing. It makes us [croire] that the COVID unit could fill up
, notes Nancy Catellier, deputy director of the nursing department for the southern sector of Chaudière-Appalaches.
Faced with the increase in cases and hospitalizations, Chaudière-Appalaches public health had to open a new care unit. This decision had become necessary since the unity of the Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis had become insufficient.
<q data-attributes="{"lang":{"value":"fr","label":"Français"},"value":{"html":"Les hospitalisations ont augmenté dans les derniers trois jours de façon exponentielle. On voit pour la première fois qu'il y a des personnes qui ont moins de 40years who are hospitalized because of COVID-19 “,” text “:” Hospitalizations have increased in the past three days exponentially. We see for the first time that there are people under 40 who are hospitalized because of COVID-19 “}}” lang = “fr”>Hospitalizations have increased exponentially in the past three days. We see for the first time that there are people under 40 who are hospitalized because of COVID-19, adds Liliana Romero.
More details to come
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