As I said earlier, public health guidelines in Quebec are constantly changing. It's been determined that there is sustained community spread throughout Quebec. That was problematic, because in previous days they claimed that there was provincial community spread, but the INSPQ documents still contained a paragraph that said regional epidemiology had to be taken into account. We were still in a grey area.
As of yesterday, the INSPQ has changed its message on community spread. Indeed, the surgical mask or procedure mask—I am not talking about the N95—is required for all healthcare professionals and workers when within 2m of a patient or colleague, whether they are a presumptive case or have tested positive or negative. This is brand new. It took province-wide community spread to adequately protect workers.
There is still the dilemma of...