Home News World Canada announced a 30-day ban on flights to India and Pakistan, 1.4%...

Canada announced a 30-day ban on flights to India and Pakistan, 1.4% of inbound passengers tested positive for the new crown virus

0

Source | People’s Daily Health Client

Author | Health Times reporter Li Xin

Editor | Hu Xin

On April 22, local time in Ottawa, Canada, the Canadian government announced that all commercial and private passenger flights from India and Pakistan will be prohibited from entering the country. The ban will take effect from 23:30 on April 22, Eastern Time, for a period of 30 days. And after the ban takes effect, passengers who fly to Canada through these two countries must obtain a negative test for the new crown virus from a third country before continuing to Canada.

According to the news published on the official website of the Canadian government, entering Canada must be tested for the new coronavirus and be quarantined for 14 days. The Public Health Agency of Canada has been monitoring case data and found that the proportion of virus carriers on flights to India and Pakistan is increasing recently.

On April 21, Quebec, Canada, discovered the first case of infection with the mutant new coronavirus B1617 found in India. Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc (Dominic LeBlanc) said on the 22nd that the implementation of these travel restrictions is to prevent the spread of the new crown pneumonia virus and its variants in Canada.

According to data from the Canadian government’s official website, from February 22 to April 19 this year, the Public Health Agency of Canada received a total of 274,822 incoming passengers’ arrival test results, of which 1.4%, or 3732 passengers, were tested for the new crown pneumonia virus. Was positive.

NO COMMENTS