Quebec should wait before allowing more Habs fans in arena experts say
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MONTREAL — Public health experts say Quebec should wait until more people have received a second dose of COVID-19 vaccine before increasing the number of fans allowed to attend Montreal Canadiens home games.
On Tuesday, Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé told reporters that a decision on increasing capacity would come soon. Dubé and Premier François Legault have both recently said that discussions are ongoing with public health about the possibility of allowing more fans in the arena.
Roxane Borgès Da Silva, a public health professor at the Université de Montréal, says that people who are vaccinated with two doses of vaccine are at low risk of spreading the novel coronavirus and that rapid tests could also be used to help prevent infections from spreading at the arena.
But she says that increasing capacity at a time when 14 per cent of Quebec’s population has received two doses, increases the risk that someone who is infected with a variant of concern could spread it to other fans, particularly in tighter spaces like washrooms or on escalators.
