Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Monday that the government is looking seriously at tougher travel measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, including mandatory hotel quarantines for air travelers returning from non-essential trips abroad.
As of Monday afternoon, Canada's COVID-19 cases surpassed 750,000, with the total hitting 750,925, including 19,187 deaths Monday afternoon, according to CTV.
"This is a sneaky, sneaky virus and we all have to be aware of that," Freeland said at a press conference in Ottawa in response to being asked if Canadians can expect things to reopen at the end of 2021.
"Having said that, I think it's also extremely important for us to see that there is light at the end of the tunnel. There is light at the end of the tunnel, but it is a long tunnel," she added.
Canada's most populous province of Ontario reported 1,958 new cases of the COVID-19 on Monday, fewer than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases when the province marks the anniversary of detecting its first infection...
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