Trudeau Leaves Door Open to Tighter Travel Ban, Eyeing COVID-19 Mutations Abroad

Trudeau Leaves Door Open to Tighter Travel Ban, Eyeing COVID-19 Mutations Abroad
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seen during a news conference in Ottawa on Jan. 15, 2021. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is leaving the door open to tighter travel restrictions, including a possible ban on outbound air travel.

Trudeau says the government is “always open to strengthening” measures around international flights, and is keeping an eye on countries where more easily transmissible strains of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 have broken out.