Insecurity: Canada Warns Its Citizens In Nigeria

Canada has extended its restriction on non-essential international entries until the end of November as Coronavirus cases continue to rise.

The North American nation has, however, eased quarantine rules for some cut-off Canada-US border communities.

The travel ban has been in force since mid-March, while Ottawa and Washington have a separate arrangement prohibiting non-essential travel between their two countries set to expire one week earlier.

Travellers allowed into Canada despite the ban must still quarantine for 14 days upon arrival.

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But Public Safety Minister Bill Blair on Friday said, ‘some practical adjustments’ to the rule would be made to allow residents of a few outlier communities, to cross the border to access necessities such as food and medical care without having to self-isolate after each trip.

He specifically listed Campobello Island in New Brunswick; Stewart, British Columbia; Northwest Angle, Minnesota; and Hyder, Alaska – all cut off from their respective countries due to border irregularities, such as panhandles.

The government will also allow exemptions for a pilot project with the province of Alberta on alternatives to quarantines.

 

AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK