National Economic Shutdown to Last Weeks Longer: Trudeau

National Economic Shutdown to Last Weeks Longer: Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses Canadians on the COVID-19 pandemic from Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on April 9, 2020. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the partial shutdown of Canada has to last weeks more to get COVID-19 under control, using his strongest warning yet against loosening economic restrictions too soon as he unveiled expanded help for hard-hit workers.

In the last month, the national economy has contracted sharply as businesses have been ordered closed and Canadians told to stay home.