The federal government will ban passenger flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days starting tonight
The ban is being imposed to deal with concerns about rising case counts in India and mutations of the coronavirus.
Federal ministers are holding a press conference at approximately 5 p.m.to announce the ban.
Passengers arriving in Canada from abroad are required already to undergo pre-boarding tests for COVID-19, tests on arrival and a government-mandated 14-day quarantine period.
The new travel restrictions come after opposition leaders and premiers pressed the federal government to suspend flights from hot spot countries as a massive surge of COVID-19 cases ravages India.
