This week, Quebec's public health director, Dr. Horacio Arruda, announced a new chapter in our post-lock down lives. However, there is another variable here that affects that risk: community transmission. This week, Arruda said, for the first time in months, the level of community transmission in the Montreal area has dropped to "low." If one unwitting person shows up at a theatre or an outdoor gathering, there is still the potential for spread. "If you decrease the community spread, the likelihood that someone is going to be infected at that gathering is going to be minimal — which is the case right now because we're seeing the community transmission in Montreal going very, very low."

Source: CBC News June 20, 2020 13:29 UTC