Overnight, 34 routes were cancelled in Canada, and the number continues to grow. And the governor has suggested that Canada should impose a total ban on flights in order to control the outbreak!
Just the day before yesterday, Prime Minister Trudeau announced Canada’s newest travel ban, the strictest in Canada’s history: mandatory New Coronavirus testing for entry into Canada, mandatory three-day quarantine in hotels, and quarantine costs of about $2,000, all at your own expense! At the same Time, starting this Sunday (January 31), all Canadian airlines are cancelling flights to popular Caribbean vacation destinations and Mexico until April 30. Then, in response to the government’s call, two major Canadian airlines – WestJet and Air Canada – announced at the same time that they were cancelling all relevant routes, so dozens of routes were hitting the pause button one after another.
Not to be outdone, WestJet President and CEO Ed Sims confirmed, “The government has made a request, which we have agreed to, and will be suspending flights to Mexico and Caribbean destinations.” For guests who have already booked trips, they will be notified shortly. The two carriers are currently cancelling a total of 34 routes, and that’s not all. Two other carriers, Sunwing and Air Transat, have also stated that they will cooperate with all government measures to fight the Epidemic and cancel routes until the outbreak is under control. It should be noted, however, that there are reports that the airlines will likely retain one-way flights back to Canada from the affected destinations in order to pick up Canadians for their return Home.
These Canadian airline companies jointly said that the cancellation of the above route losses, since the outbreak of the epidemic, the airline industry has suffered the brunt of the impact, now there are so many routes banned, the loss will certainly not be small, but taking into account the current epidemic, or decided to cooperate with the Canadian government, after all, the current state, control the epidemic is the king! How serious is the epidemic, according to federal government data, in just two weeks from January 10 to January 23, at least 156 flights with the virus landed in airports across Canada! Almost half of them landed at Toronto airport.
It’s no wonder the outbreak continues to be more serious in most areas. The Simcoe Muskoka District health Unit public health department in Ontario recently said that the number of people infected with the new strain found in the region recently is climbing, with 10 cases confirmed, 105 more cases of an unknown mutant strain awaiting confirmation, 110 samples awaiting testing, and the new strain already in The new strain has spread in at least two homes for the elderly.
The mutant strain has now been confirmed to be spreading rapidly in the local Roberta Place nursing home. The first person infected in the home at that time was a staff member who was diagnosed after being in close contact with a patient who became infected after traveling abroad. To date, 128 residents and 83 staff members have been diagnosed at the home. And 10 outside people who entered the home to help have also been diagnosed. 51 residents have died from the New Coronavirus …… It’s not just the New Coronavirus, surprisingly a passenger on a domestic flight has also tested positive for HIV. With a situation like this, it is no wonder that the people of Ontario are very anxious.
In fact, by heart, Ontario has been walking a tight ship in terms of precautionary measures, earlier this year they carried out 6580 cases of new coronavirus testing at the airport, in these tests, 146 tests were positive, four of which were screened for the British variant of the virus, and will be further studied. According to the latest statistics, 1.8% of all new coronavirus cases in Ontario are now associated with international travel.
New variants of the virus are now appearing in many countries around the world, with an even greater ability to spread and be defensible. It is no wonder that Premier Ford is fuming, calling on the federal government to implement mandatory testing for all travelers from outside the country and to temporarily ban direct flights from all countries with variants of the virus (including Brazil and Portugal), in addition to letting it be known that “not only direct flights, but also flights in transit should be considered for a ban.”
According to Ford, “We all need to do our part to stop the spread of this virus, and securing our borders is the most important thing right now! Until a vaccine is widely available.” In addition, we would like to remind everyone that starting next week, all international flights landing in Canada will only be able to land at four airports – Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, and Calgary – so if you have any related needs, make sure you make proper arrangements.
Recent Comments