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Canada to Stop Symptomatic People From Boarding Domestic Flights

Canada to Stop Symptomatic People From Boarding Domestic Flights

(Bloomberg) -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced new restrictions on movement Saturday in an effort to fight the spread of coronavirus.

People who show symptoms of Covid-19 will no longer be allowed to board domestic flights or passenger trains starting Monday, he said in a news conference. Social distancing measures that were implemented to fight to world-wide pandemic are starting to work, he said, citing the slowing spread in British Columbia.

Canada has recorded 4,757 cases of Covid-19 as of Saturday morning and 55 deaths from the disease, government data show.

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