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Over in Canada, Quebec’s premier has just announced that beginning the day after Christmas, gatherings inside homes will be limited to six people or two family bubbles.
Restaurants are already operating at half capacity and need to close their doors at 10pm. Now they will also have to limit groups at tables to six people or two families from 26 December.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2021/dec/23/covid-news-live-omicron-carries-lower-hospitalisation-risk-studies-suggest-china-locks-down-city-of-13-million
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