1/7/2024 0 Comments Total lockdown quebecThey just don’t care about the homeless,” said Nakuset, executive director of the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal.Ĭases are also up on Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, just outside the city. “If the army is deployed to go to the nursing homes, they can be deployed to help with the homeless. “We will continue to deploy the necessary means to support organizations and the health network during this unprecedented period,” the email reads.įrontliners, however, say these resources are needed now. “This enlarged red zone of the Royal Victoria site will also include services adapted to the Aboriginal population,” a spokesperson for Mayor Valerie Plante’s office said in an emailed statement. In response, the city says it plans to add more isolation beds to its largest emergency facility. “If there was enough shelter, enough housing, enough roofs, a lot more people – a lot more of the street community, would be isolated,” Allison Reid of the Montreal Indigenous Community Network told CTV News. With nowhere to go, they gather outside, while at night the shelters are either filled to their limited capacity or turning clients with dependency issues away. It’s estimated at least a dozen homeless people in Montreal are COVID-positive. “Infection rates continue to increase: at this time, 80% of tests are coming back positive,” reads a letter addressed to the Network’s partners. This week, the Montreal Indigenous Community Network put out an urgent call for relief workers to facilitate “Red Zone housing” for homeless Indigenous people who recently tested positive for the virus. The second wave came down hard on Quebec, and some Indigenous communities are already struggling with its effects. Premier Francois Legault is scheduled to hold a press conference Wednesday evening with multiple media reports suggesting he plans to introduce a stricter lockdown – and possibly a curfew – in the province. Hospitalizations rose to 1,317 – the highest number of patients in hospital with COVID-19 since late May. On Tuesday, Quebec reported 2,508 new cases of COVID-19, along with 62 new deaths. Quebec government officials are expected to announce extended lockdown measures in the next 24 hours as case records are being shattered daily following a post-holiday surge.
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