MONTREAL -- Mark Sultana says Canada's decision to halt most air travel from the United Kingdom, where a mutated strain of COVID-19 has been discovered, landed "like a bombshell."
Originally from the Greater Toronto Area, Sultana said members of the 6,800-person Facebook group have reported their flights being cancelled. He said confusion and surprise reigned in the hours after Canada's decision."They were prepared to quarantine and do the things that they needed to do to get back home, but now they're completely stuck," Sultana said.
Canada is one of several countries to ban travel from the U.K. due to the new strain of the virus, which British officials said appears to be 70 per cent more transmissible. He said people have been hunkering down in London for weeks, but that the largest impact of "tier 4" restrictions will be felt in the coming days, as holiday gatherings between people from different households now are banned.
"We were going to have a bit more freedom around Christmas than in Quebec; now it's exactly the same thing," said Gagnon, adding that he plans to do a Zoom call with his family in Canada. The U.K. is less than two weeks away from the final stage of its exit from the European Union and the British government has not yet reached a trade deal with the 27-member bloc.
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