Canada has closed its borders to non-citizens or permanent residents
In a press conference Monday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that due to COVID-19, Canada will be closing its borders to people who are not Canadian citizens or permanent residents. Also, there will be certain exceptions made in the case of US citizens and diplomats.
Along with this, Trudeau announced that airlines will be receiving a formal notice to not allow any travellers presenting symptoms onto flights. This is obviously the largest step towards a lockdown Canada has taken thus far.
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BREAKING NEWS: Canada closes borders to people who are not citizens or permanent residents, with certain exceptions. Airlines will receive formal order to ban all travellers presenting symptoms from boarding flights. https://t.co/f1RD9zwlFE
— CBC British Columbia (@cbcnewsbc) March 16, 2020
Beginning on Wednesday, there will only be 4 Canadian airports receiving international flights: Calgary, Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver. This, however, will not be applied to flights coming from the US, Mexico, or the Caribbean.
For Canadians who are asymptomatic but still abroad, the country plans to help them get home one way or another. Fingers crossed that solution comes quickly and safely.
Trudeau also mentioned that the country is taking “increasingly aggressive steps” in order to keep everyone safe and maintain public health. Pretty crazy times here, people.
Note: Due to the ongoing COVID-19 concerns, we would like to remind everyone to review the Government of Canada’s online information database. This website will help you stay up to date on what’s going on, how to prepare, and best practices.
