Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference on
COVID-19 situation in Canada from his residence March 23, 2020 in
Ottawa, Canada.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday
his country would prolong its suspension of passenger flights from
the UK until early January in light of a new fast-spreading
coronavirus strain sweeping Britain.
The North American nation is among dozens to have imposed travel
restrictions as Britain, already one of the hardest hit countries
in Europe, grapples with the novel strain.
“Today, I can announce that we will extend this temporary
suspension of passenger flights from the UK to Canada for another
two weeks until January 6, so we can prevent this new variant of
Covid-19 from spreading in Canada,” Trudeau said during a press
conference.
Canada had already halted the entry of commercial and passenger
flights from Britain for 72 hours from midnight Sunday.
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The new strain of the virus, whose discovery set off alarm bells
worldwide, appears to spread & comment now easily than other types but
experts say there is no evidence it is more lethal or resistant to
vaccines.
Canada meanwhile became the second country to green light the
Moderna vaccine Wednesday, just two weeks after it authorized
immunizations with the Pfizer/BioNTech shot.
The country began vaccinating people in high-risk categories —
including frontline health care workers and residents and staff of
long-term care facilities — on December 14, with its relatively
limited supply of the Pfizer vaccine.
Spread of the coronavirus accelerated in Canada as the holiday
season approached, with the country having now recorded more than
523,000 cases and nearly 14,500 deaths since the start of the
pandemic.
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*Schools to resume 19th Jan 2021
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Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its
industrial action that has disrupted academic activities for nearly
nine months.
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Addressing a press conference Wednesday morning, ASUU president,
Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, said the decision to go back to the
classroom was made based on agreement reached with the Federal
Government at a meeting held on
Tuesday which addressed most of the demands of the union.
He said that an implementation committee had been set up to
monitor the implementation of the agreements.
“On the basis of this, the National Executive Council meeting
has decided to suspend its strike today. But we will not hesitate
to resume the strike if government fails to keep to the agreement,”
he said.