Ottawa Restricts Travel From UK to Keep Out New COVID-19 Strain

Ottawa Restricts Travel From UK to Keep Out New COVID-19 Strain
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks in parliament in a file photo. Reuters/Patrick Doyle
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OTTAWA—The federal government is restricting travel from the U.K. for 72 hours in an effort to keep a contagious new strain of the virus that causes COVID−19 out of Canada.

The travel ban comes into effect first thing Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Twitter after an hours−long meeting with members of the Incident Response Group