This is how a virus spreads: in Thetford Mines a procession of hair salon clients return to their seniors' residences. But the province seems to be somewhere on it, and public health director Dr. Horacio Arruda is plainly worried. That's what public health officials in the Lower Saint-Lawrence scrambled to do in the wake of outbreaks at a CEGEP and an agricultural college. The Crystal seniors' residence in Thetford Mines is just one facility dealing with a recent outbreak of COVID-19. "When you don't have any cases for weeks and months maybe it can lead to people letting down their guard," said Thetford Mines Mayor Marc-Alexandre Brousseau.

Source: CBC News September 16, 2020 07:52 UTC