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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. | Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP
Canada will ban travelers showing any symptoms associated with
Covid-19 from domestic flights and trains beginning Monday at noon,
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today.
Under the new Transport Canada rule, "people showing any signs
whatsoever of Covid-19 will be denied boarding on all domestic flights
and intercity passenger trains," he said during his daily briefing from
outside his home at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa.
The Trudeau government has already implored Canadians who are feeling
sick to stay home and has legally required Canadians returning from
abroad to isolate themselves for 14 days once they return. But the new
rule indicates the status quo hasn't done enough to keep symptomatic
Canadians off planes and trains.
While Trudeau said the measures Canadians have already taken are
"beginning to work," individuals "need to continue to do what is
necessary to prevent the spread of Covid-19.”
Trudeau said airlines and train service providers will be responsible
for complying with the rule. He indicated the rule doesn't apply to
interprovincial bus service because that transportation mode doesn't
fall under federal jurisdiction.
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