Montreal's Director of Public Health Dr. Mylène Drouin has said schools remain a concern. (Ivanoh Demers/Radio-Canada)Dr. Horacio Arruda, the province's public health director, maintains schools are not the main cause of the high rate of new cases. Montreal Public Health Director Dr. Mylène Drouin, however, has warned that schools remain a problem, saying last week they account for most of the city's outbreaks. Since the start of the year, more than 8,000 students and staff at the province's 3,000 schools have had COVID-19. Missed opportunityBenoît Mâsse, a professor of public health at the University of Montreal, said the government should have used the summer lull in infections to bolster its contact-tracing capacity.

Source: CBC News November 06, 2020 01:30 UTC