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One of the Quebecers who has COVID-19 travelled by public transit between Longueuil and Montreal recently while they had symptoms of the disease, public-health officials said at a news conference in Montreal Tuesday.

The public health department took the unusual step of releasing the person’s local travel route, since there are still only a handful of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Quebec. By tracing contacts, public health officials hope to keep transmission rates low.

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A fourth Quebecer was confirmed to have COVID-19 on the weekend. That person had travelled on Feb. 24 and again on March 6 by métro from the Longueuil station to the Champs-de-Mars station, changing lines at Berri-UQAM. They also travelled by bus on the South Shore on those dates, said Julie Loslier, director of the Montérégie public-health department.

“The risk to people who used public transit at the same time remains low,” Loslier noted. “The reason we are sharing these hours and routes is so that people who used public transit at those times can be more vigilant about monitoring their symptoms, such as fever, cough, respiratory difficulties or chest pain, and so they can contact 811 if they develop symptoms.”