Canada Restricts Global Flights to Fewer Airports Following Trump Europe Ban

Canada Restricts Global Flights to Fewer Airports Following Trump Europe Ban
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau emerges from Rideau Cottage, his residence in Ottawa, to hold a news conference on March 13, 2020. The Canadian Press/Fred Chartrand
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The Canadian federal government said Friday it will restrict incoming international flights to a select few airports to control the spread of COVID-19, the disease the new coronavirus causes.

The move comes two days after President Donald Trump announced that as of Friday night, the United States will ban foreign nationals who in the last two weeks visited any of 26 countries in Europe to control the spread of the outbreak.