[EN DIRECT MARDI 12 JANVIER] All developments in the COVID-19 pandemic

Here you will find all the news related to this crisis which has hit the population, governments and the economy for several months.

PLANETARY

Case: 90 976 653
Death: 1 947 243

CANADA

Case: 668,181, including 230,690 in Quebec
Death: 17,086, including 8,737 in Quebec

All the news for Tuesday, January 12, 2021

6h | Working conditions: cry from the heart of the PQ in favor of daycares

5h | As thousands of surgeries are being canceled in hospitals due to the pandemic, the federal government deployed heavy artillery for gender reassignment operations on two inmates, including a murderer who had already escaped.

Photo QMI Agency, Maxime Deland

4:14 | The European Medicines Agency has announced that it has received an authorization request for the AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccine against the novel coronavirus.

1h | Even if the vast majority of Quebecers have complied with the curfew decreed in an attempt to spare the health system overwhelmed by cases of COVID-19, oddballs tried all over the province to challenge the authorities.

Photo QMI Agency, Maxime Deland

0h59 | In the United Kingdom, provisional morgues in the face of COVID-19 deaths

The Journal is looking for testimonials from people who have been carriers of COVID-19 without knowing it and who have seen those around them fall ill when they themselves had no symptoms. Since the start of the pandemic, many asymptomatic people have infected those around them without knowing it. This has happened in particular in CHSLDs and sports circles. We would love to hear from you if you have experienced such a situation.

You can write to our journalist Simon Baillargeon (simon.baillargeon@quebecormedia.com)