Coronavirus updates on Saturday

Five Montreal firefighters have COVID-19 and others have had to go into quarantine, so the remaining workers have changed their shift patterns and delayed vacations (although where could you go on vacation now?).

A third STM worker has the rona – in fact I’m surprised more drivers haven’t got it, considering their degree of exposure to the public even after they taped off the front of the buses.

Workers at at NDG pharmacy have also tested positive.

Le Devoir has a statement from an SAQ worker about what it’s like when every day is like the day before Christmas, and people ignore the rules.

Le Devoir also reports on the various hotspots around town, including a couple of outbreaks in Jewish communities following Purim and one big wedding in the west end. (Contrast Côte St-Luc mayor Mitchell Brownstein’s keenness on bringing in quarantine procedures with Hampstead mayor Bill Steinberg’s Trump-style denial of the facts.)