More priority groups up for vaccination, 70 percent of new cases in Quebec City are variants, Unusual Ramadan in store under curfew

Reporter: Shanellie Desparois 

News stories: Luca Caruso Moro

More priority groups up for vaccination

More health and social service workers can get a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine under the province’s new Phase two rollout for that group.

Community workers, interns, and family-type employees can now get the shot.

Back in February, those groups were left out of the health worker priority group because of a lack of vaccines.

70 percent of new cases in Quebec City are variants

As Quebec City becomes a new pandemic hotspot in the province, authorities say more than two in three new cases are variants.

Most of the cases are likely the UK version, which has now been associated with more than 1,500 cases in the province, with thousands more expected to be discovered through screening.

Unusual Ramadan in store under curfew

Finally, Montreal Muslims are getting ready for the month-long event, Ramadan, which begins Tuesday.

Across the world, Muslims will fast for large portions of the day, and many will go to a mosque to pray after sundown.

But not in Montreal. With the curfew being rolled back to 8 p.m. in Montreal and Laval Sunday, this Ramadan will look like no other.