© 2020 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc. However he still wants everyone who’s been to a bar to be tested. Montrealers who have decided to go out to bars since they reopened in the city June 22 may have been caught off guard Saturday, when Public Health officials announced they want everyone who has been to a bar in Montreal since July 1 to get tested for “In order to get in front of it, we wanted to send out a call to the whole population rather than go bar by bar or situation by situation,” Montreal Public Health doctor David Kaiser said in an interview with Global News on Sunday.Sunday morning, it seemed like a lot of people got the message.

Clubs are leaving nothing to chance in preparing from the resumption of the Premiership season. Some owners have also decided to go even further than the measures imposed by health authorities and will require customers to wear a mask and undergo temperature checks upon entering. "We really have a moral and social responsibility to make sure that we don't become a breeding place for the virus. There were long lineups to be tested for COVID-19 in Montreal on Sunday. Annie’s Pub in the West Island, La Voute in the Old Port, and Nacho Libre in Rosemont have all posted details about COVID-19 cases on Facebook. Montreal health officials say they have seen a rise in the percentage of positive results from COVID-19 testing over the past several days. They announced because there have been at least eight COVID-19 cases in five different Montreal bars, they’re asking everyone who’s been to or worked at a bar since Canada day to be tested.They hope to learn more about increasing community spread among young people between the ages of 20 and 39, and are also reacting to a rash of cases spreading among young people on the South Shore.Kaiser said if someone was sitting outdoors, there’s a lower risk of them catching the virus. ‘Well, was I in contact with a case?’ Because we really think that these few cases are the tip of a potential iceberg,” Kaiser explained.Some establishments have shared information about outbreaks on their own. "The clients showed up [Friday evening], depending on the capacity that could be accommodated," said François Boitard, owner of Rouge Bar, a nightclub that has been in Montreal for 15 years.Normally, the club can hold about 800 people total on its two floors. For many nightclub owners, these new measures represent a significant financial burden, especially after three months without revenue. On Sunday, public health officials in Montérégie called on people who were at a bar recently in the Dix30 shopping centre on the South Shore to get tested for COVID-19.Officials said several people who were inside and on the patio at the Mile Public House on June 30 have tested positive for the disease.Montreal Readies for ‘Tenet’ Release With COVID Protocols in MindMontreal is facing a budget crunch and it wants your opinion, but only in FrenchCanadiens coach Claude Julien rushed to hospital with chest painsFlyers beat Canadiens 2-1 in Game 1, but Montreal shows it can hang with PhillyCanada Revenue Agency: How to Get another $4,000 in CERB CashFox News host baselessly claims that 'something's going to happen' to Joe Biden, forcing her colleague to walk her comment backJake Paul sets the record straight about FBI raid: 'The sh** people are making up is absolutely absurd'Lisa Rinna on Husband Harry Hamlin's Romance with Ursula Andress: 'She Got Pregnant That Night'Why Alberta's COVID-19 numbers might be so high compared to elsewhere But after being closed for more than three months because of COVID-19, nightclubs have had to completely change gears in order to respect the