As the month of December approaches, the French are wondering more and more about the unfolding of the end-of-year celebrations. The Canadian example mentioned by the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, worries one month of Christmas and New Year.
The Consequences of Canadian Thanksgiving
Each year, Canadians come together on the second Monday in October to celebrate Thanksgiving. This family celebration generally brings together more than 10 guests around a traditional meal, where barrier gestures are most of the time abandoned. Therefore, this celebration has resulted in a sharp increase in cases in the country. Two weeks later, Canada recorded 3,000 daily contaminations at the end of October. Today, there are more than 4,000 while the day before the event, the daily average was around 2,300 cases.
Canada, a country of 38 million inhabitants, has thus gone from 200,000 to 300,000 cases of contamination in less than a month. A meteoric spread when we know that at the start of the pandemic, three months were necessary to exceed the threshold of 100,000 infections.
The same scenario for the holiday season?
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also warned residents: ” This year, the festivities could be a little different from those of previous years. Due to the rise in the number of Covid-19 cases across the country, our social circles must remain restricted and we must wash our hands, stay two meters from others and wear a mask “. The Premier of Quebec, François Legault, also warned Canadians: “ It’s going to be tempting in the next few days to see people, friends, family. Resist the temptation and stay home “. Warnings very similar to those of Prime Minister Jean Castex and Minister of Health Olivier Véran.
