Horacio Arruda
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Coroner says Quebec Health Department chose to ignore COVID-19 risk in long-term careThe Health Department offered no specific instructions to long-term care homes despite knowing older people were particularly at-risk from the novel coronavirus, the report finds.HealthMay 16, 2022
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Montreal public health opposed December COVID-19 curfew, documents showInternal documents released by the Health Department indicate Montreal officials expressed concern over limited scientific data to support a curfew,HealthMar 4, 2022
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Provincial chief medical officers navigate rocky road as COVID-19 drags onThe abrupt departure of Quebec's public health director last week was further evidence of the rocky road being navigated by the country's chief medical officers.HealthJan 15, 2022
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Quebec’s public health director Horacio Arruda resigns amid latest COVID-19 waveArruda, who has become a public face of the COVID-19 pandemic, submitted his resignation in a letter to Premier Francois Legault Monday, which the premier accepted.HealthJan 10, 2022
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COVID-19: Quebec expands booster shot vaccinations, including those 70 and overQuebec is recommending those aged 70 and over, or those having received two doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, get a third dose booster shot of a mRNA vaccine.HealthNov 9, 2021
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‘September will be decisive’ for Quebec’s fourth wave of COVID-19: health ministerQuebec is relatively stable at the moment but COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations will likely rise in the coming weeks, the province's health minister said.HealthAug 31, 2021
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COVID-19: Quebec to loosen more restrictions as all regions set to go greenThe zone change will relax rules including limits on gatherings in homes, which can host up to 10 people from three different addresses.HealthJun 22, 2021
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COVID-19: Quebec students could see no masks, end of classroom bubbles in fallQuebec students can expect a certain "return to normalcy" when they head back to class this fall if certain COVID-19 vaccination levels are attained.EducationJun 2, 2021
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Quebec asks universities and colleges to reopen this fall without physical distancingThe new directive will only apply if at least 75 per cent of Quebecers between the ages of 16 and 29 are fully vaccinated and if the epidemiological situation is stable.EducationMay 31, 2021
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COVID-19 vaccination opens to people 25 and older as Legault says Quebec headed in ‘right direction’"We are getting through the third wave, but we still have to be careful," Quebec Premier François Legault said.HealthMay 11, 2021
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