Doug Ford applauds new COVID-19 travel restrictions, says more discussions with feds to be held
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"Every day we hold off more cases entering our country, the more time we have to learn and prepare," Premier Doug Ford said.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford thanked the federal government for implementing new travel restrictions in a bid to stop the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant and said more discussions will be held about possibly expanding new testing rules to travellers from the United States.
Ford made the remarks at an unrelated press conference in Mississauga Wednesday morning.
Several Omicron variant cases have already been confirmed in Ontario, and Ford said while it is a “cause for concern” it is “not cause for panic.”
“Every day we hold off more cases entering our country, the more time we have to learn and prepare,” Ford said.
“So the best thing we can do right now is fortify our borders. Our best defence is keeping the variant out of our country. We welcome the actions from the federal government and I want to thank the feds for taking action to date.
In a statement last Friday, Ford called on the federal government to enact travel bans on countries initially affected by the Omicron variant and the feds followed through just hours later.
On Tuesday, they expanded that ban to three additional countries.
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