Premiers, federal Conservatives call for increased travel restrictions in response to new COVID-19 variant

Premiers in Ontario and Alberta called on the federal government to tighten border measures to try to prevent the spread of a new COVID-19 variant detected in South Africa and other countries, following the lead of European nations.

Mr. Alghabra also said that there are no direct flights between Canada and South Africa, but he did not explain why travel advisories have not yet been updated.because of its high number of mutations and rapid spread among young people in Gauteng, the country’s most populous province. South Africa has seen a dramatic rise in new infections, the country’s Health Minister said Thursday.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said in a statement that he was briefed on Friday by Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Kieran Moore, about the new variant that could be vaccine resistant, and he has contacted the federal government to express his “extreme concern” about the risks it poses to Canada.

Mr. Ford said he has asked Dr. Moore and Public Health Ontario to expand surveillance to identify the new variant through genome sequencing, “and update scenario planning to ensure we are ready for any outcome.”

More fear porn to scare the masses.

Featuring a circa 2000 photo!

Why does the government keep re-attempting everything that's failed over the last year two years unless they're populated by midwits?

The variant has already been discovered in several countries. Odds are it's already here.

Yet CPC_HQ want no bans for unvaxxed MPs

Why is the Liberal gov't dawdling on restricting travel from s. Africa? Not a time to drop the ball (again). It may already be too late. New COVID variant may be being spread at this moment at YYZ by an infected passenger on a flight from s. Africa. Another appalling Liberal fail

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