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In Quebec, as of May 20, there were 45,495 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 3,800 deaths. You all know that the province of Quebec has been the hardest hit in terms of deaths.
Of course, this has implications for first nations communities. To date, the communities have been very well organized and have all put in place an emergency measures plan, which has made it possible to limit, in the case of Quebec, the number of cases to 35 and the number of deaths to two.
Monitoring health status and its determinants is one of the major challenges in public health. Currently, there are no formal protocols. Normally, this is the responsibility of the province, but this has not been solidified by concrete agreements so that first nations communities can have accurate caseload and surveillance data, particularly in their care homes. We know that there are still a lot of people—