(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Quebec, Canada takes the lead in implementing curfews to strengthen epidemic prevention

  China News Service, Toronto, January 9th (Reporter Yu Ruidong) Quebec, the province with the largest proportion of new crown infection cases in Canada, has implemented a one-month curfew from January 9th local time to curb the spread of the virus.

This is the country's first province to implement a curfew for epidemic prevention.

On December 14, 2020, local time, an epidemic prevention information sign was placed outside a shopping mall in Markham, Greater Toronto Region, Canada, allowing only those who made an appointment to pick up the goods.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Yu Ruidong

  Quebec’s curfew in principle prohibits people from leaving their residences between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. between January 9 and February 8.

Those who violate the curfew will face fines ranging from 1,000 to 6,000 Canadian dollars.

  Some cases can be exempted.

For example, if you are engaged in a “necessary” industry and must be present to work, you must go to a hospital, clinic, or pharmacy, you must visit the injured parents, you must send your child to a doctor, you must go out to take inter-provincial transportation, and you must walk your dog within 1 kilometer of your residence Wait.

  Before entering the curfew time, the province of Quebec reminded the public to follow this new epidemic prevention regulation through mobile phone text messages.

The governor of the province Lego said that the implementation of the curfew was a difficult but necessary decision to prevent people from gathering.

Police in Montreal and other places have indicated that more staff will be deployed during the curfew.

  On the 9th, Quebec reported 3127 new cases, breaking a single-day record; there were 41 deaths.

The province currently has a total of more than 226,000 cases, accounting for 34.7% of the total number of cases in the country.

The province of Ontario, the most populous province in Canada, has a cumulative number of nearly 212,000 cases.

  Although Ontario has implemented a provincial ban, Governor Ford recently stated that he is considering upgrading epidemic prevention measures, and curfew is also an option.

  As of the evening of January 9, Canada had reported a total of 652,473 cases, with 8127 new cases in a single day; 552,388 recovered cases, 16,833 deaths, and 83,252 active cases.

At present, 14 cases of mutated virus in Britain and 1 case of mutated virus in South Africa have been reported.

  Although the Canadian federal government urges people to avoid unnecessary outbound travel, Canadian Television (CTV) quoted travel data from Hawaii in the United States and reported that since the beginning of December last year, more than 4,000 Canadians have flown to Hawaii.

A few days ago, Canadian media also disclosed that a number of politicians had traveled abroad for various reasons.

  According to data released by the Canadian Public Health Agency on the 8th, as of January 1, more than 115,000 doses of new crown vaccination have been completed across Canada and 9 adverse events have been reported, but they have not yet constituted a vaccine safety issue. (Finish)