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Quebec closes bars, gyms, schools, and more over omicron variant, despite existing passport system

Updated: December 21, 2021 at 2:57 pm EST  See Comments

Tue Dec 21, 2021 – 2:47 pm ESTTue Dec 21, 2021 – 2:48 pm EST

QUEBEC CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Quebec has gone into a de facto lockdown despite already enforcing a strict vaccine passport provincewide.

Citing the spread of the omicron variant, Canada’s province of Quebec announced another round of restrictive measures for its citizens on Monday. The new measures, which went into effect immediately, include the closure of bars, schools, gyms, and movie theaters, and follow just one week after the province’s shocking move to require churches to bar the unvaccinated right before Christmas.

“The epidemiological situation is critical. The community spread is astounding,” said Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé during the Monday news conference. “Our health system is already in crisis … and things aren’t getting better. Hospitalizations and intensive care unit admissions are on the rise.”

The strain on the healthcare system comes despite Quebec already having implemented a strict QR code-based vaccine discrimination system months prior for all “non-essential” establishments such as restaurants, event venues, theaters, and bars, as well as mandating the vaccine for most public sector jobs and enforcing a ubiquitous mask mandate for all indoor public spaces for the past 21 months.

Contradicting Quebec’s claim that lockdowns and other measures are necessary to fight omicron, Dr. Angelique Coetzee of South Africa, where the variant was first discovered, said in an interview with the British independent broadcaster LBC

The remainder of this article is available in its entirety at LifeSite News

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