Quebec Lifts Emergency COVID 19 Measures While Newfoundland Expands Restrictions

Quebec Lifts Emergency COVID 19 Measures While Newfoundland Expands Restrictions
Quebec Premier Francois Legault, centre, speaks during a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic, on May 11, 2021, at the legislature in Quebec City. Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press
The Canadian Press
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Quebec has lifted the last remaining emergency lockdown measures imposed on some of its COVID-19 hot spot regions as Newfoundland and Labrador extends restrictions in a hard-hit stretch of the province.

The decision to end the special measures in some municipalities in the Estrie, Chaudière-Appalaches, and Bas-Saint-Laurent regions comes as Quebec sees case counts continue to trend downwards.