Canada Upholds UK Flights Ban Til Jan. 6

Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, on Wednesday, said his country will extend the suspension of commercial and passenger flights from the UK until January 6 in light of a new fast-spreading coronavirus strain sweeping Britain.

“Today, I can announce that we will extend this temporary suspension of passenger flights from the UK to Canada for another two weeks until January 6, so we can prevent this new variant of Covid-19 from spreading in Canada,” Trudeau said while addressing a press conference from his Ottawa residence.

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Canada halted the entry of commercial and passenger flights from Britain for 72 hours on Sunday.

The new variants of the virus, whose discovery set off alarm bells worldwide, appears to spread more easily than other types but experts say there is no evidence it is more lethal or resistant to vaccines.

AFP reports that spread of the coronavirus accelerated in Canada as the holiday season approached, with the country having now recorded more than 523,000 cases and nearly 14,500 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

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