"I don’t know why Quebec always has to reinvent the wheel," Cooperman said on Sunday. By magic, the children will be protected here in Quebec and aren’t going to get COVID?" The letter also criticizes Quebec's reluctance to widely deploy air purifiers and N95 masks, saying the government missed a chance to adequately protect classrooms. "We keep saying that schools are safe, that we can send our children back … my god, I wish I could believe it," Allouba said. It also said 13.1 per cent of the 39,806 COVID-19 tests processed in the last 24 hours came back positive.

Source: CBC News January 16, 2022 22:26 UTC