Canadian Press NewsAlert: Quebec to impose 8 p.m. provincewide curfew until Feb. 8

By The Canadian Press on January 6, 2021.

Two construction workers wearing protective shields are seen at work, in Brossard, Que., Monday, May 11, 2020. Employers and workers in Quebec's construction, manufacturing and education sectors expect to find out later today how Quebec's new lockdown rules will affect them. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

MONTREAL – Quebec Premier Francois Legault is imposing a provincewide 8 p.m. curfew beginning Saturday as a way to halt surging COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations.

The province will become the first in the country to impose such a drastic measure to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Legault says the curfew will last between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. for four weeks, until Feb. 8.