All developments in the COVID-19 pandemic

Whether in Quebec or elsewhere on the planet, the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting our lives.

Here you will find all the news throughout the day related to this crisis affecting the population, governments and the economy.

LAST REVIEW

World

Case: 37 984 579
Death: 1,083,216

Canada

Case: 185,207, 87,791 in Quebec
Death: 9644, 5965 in Quebec

United States

Case: 7 836 680
Death: 215,549

ALL THE NEWS FOR TUESDAY OCTOBER 13, 2020

3:59 pm | Despite the announcement of the passage of new regions into the red zone on Tuesday, Quebec maintained its downward trend in the number of new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, while several provinces announced reports that remain worrying.

3:59 pm | To allow rapid economic recovery in this context of a pandemic, the cities of Quebec are calling for more “flexibility” in government programs.

3:54 pm | The American pharmaceutical group Eli Lilly announced Tuesday the suspension of a clinical trial of its experimental treatment with antibodies against COVID-19 for not detailed safety reasons.

3:42 pm | The Government of Quebec is providing financial assistance of $ 263 million to the City of Montreal to limit the impact of the pandemic on its finances.

3:03 pm | The New York Philharmonic has announced the cancellation of its 2020-21 season, a few weeks after the Metropolitan Opera, another sign that the pandemic risks completely slashing the cultural season in the United States.

3:00 p.m. | The Netherlands will be subject to “partial containment” from Wednesday, including the closure of bars and restaurants in an attempt to curb the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced on Tuesday.

2:15 p.m. | The exponential growth of COVID-19 cases seems to be waning: Quebec recorded a further drop in cases on Tuesday for a 4th consecutive day, encouraging news according to the microbiologist-infectiologist Cécile Tremblay of the CHUM.

2:07 pm | Italy announced on Tuesday new restrictive measures in public and private space intended to control the resurgence of the pandemic in a country that has more than 36,000 dead.

1:56 pm | 4 million out of 9 million people screened in two days in Qingdao

13:26 | Halloween can happen, says chief public health officer

13h | New regions such as Montérégie, Capitale-Nationale and its surroundings, will go into the red zone on Friday, announced the Premier of Quebec François Legault.

12:20 | In the midst of a pandemic, the police had to intervene on Saturday evening when nearly 1,000 people gathered near a synagogue of the Orthodox Jewish community of Boisbriand, declared a red zone.

12h11 | The pandemic has altered the finances of Quebecers

12:09 am | Collective immunity is not a solution

11:59 am | 815 new cases and five more deaths in Quebec

10:31 am | Cristiano Ronaldo declared positive for COVID-19

10:13 am | Santa will be there for the children despite the pandemic

9:58 am | [PHOTOS] Hard hit by the crisis, dozens of hoteliers demonstrate in Quebec

9:05 am | $ 3 million in assistance to cultural organizations

8:50 am | International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts 4.4% recession this year, but the great uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic has led the institution to consider a worst-case scenario.

5:42 am | UK government criticized for ignoring scientists’ advice

5 h | [OPINION] The question of the mask unmasked

– The chronicle of Richard Martineau

1h17 | COVID-19: Johnson & Johnson vaccine trial halted due to sick participant

0h55 | Catch the coronavirus outside? Rare, but not impossible