Return Home While You Can, Ottawa Tells Canadians as COVID 19 Continues to Spread

Return Home While You Can, Ottawa Tells Canadians as COVID 19 Continues to Spread
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a news conference at Rideau cottage in Ottawa on March 13, 2020. The Canadian Press/Fred Chartrand
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The growing number of COVID-19 cases in Canada prompted a wave of restrictions aimed at protecting seniors on Saturday as officials made more insistent calls for travellers to return home without delay.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, meanwhile, announced he held a phone call with President Donald Trump following a news conference in which U.S. officials raised the possibility of grounding all domestic flights south of the border.