The city’s public health director says the more transmissible virus variants are increasingly spreading among kids in schools and daycares.
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Jesse Feith, Philip Authier • Montreal Gazette
Dr. Mylène Drouin, seen in a file photo, says between eight and 10 per cent of new COVID-19 cases in Montreal are now presumed to be linked to the more transmissible U.K. variant.Photo by Allen McInnis /Montreal Gazette
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All elementary school students in the Greater Montreal region will need to wear pediatric surgical masks in the classroom when they return to school after March break.
Officials confirmed the measure on Wednesday and the provincial government is expected to officially…