Quebec Makes Masks Mandatory for Grades 5 and Higher Except in Classrooms

MONTREAL—Quebec’s updated back−to−school plan requires students in Grade 5 and up to wear masks in all common areas of school buildings, except in the classroom.
Quebec Makes Masks Mandatory for Grades 5 and Higher Except in Classrooms
Quebec Education Minister Jean-Francois Roberge speaks during a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic at the legislature in Quebec City, on June 2, 2020. Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press
|Updated:

MONTREAL—Quebec’s updated back-to-school plan requires students in Grade 5 and up to wear masks in all common areas of school buildings, except in the classroom.

Education Minister Jean-Francois Roberge said Monday the government’s new strategy does away with the six-student bubble concept it had announced in June and instead focuses on making face-to-face communication between teachers and students as easy as possible.