Key Takeaways:
- Many eased measures as vaccination rates increased could be reversed in a soon-to-be-announced announcement.
- In addition, the potential impact of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 on Canada has been described as scary by the country’s prime minister.
Due to the potential blow of the Omicron variant of Covid, Canada is predicted to reinstate its advisory against all the non-essential travel further the country. While changing relaxations such as those for foreign nationals entering the country, a development that PM Justin Trudeau described as “scary” on Tuesday.
According to News, one of them is preventing fully vaccinated foreign nationals from entering the country. Such visitors have been permitted since September 7 of this year. Similarly, while the government officially lifted its advisory against non-essential travel by Canadian citizens and permanent residents outside the country in October, News reports that it will likely be reinstated.
These actions are expected following Trudeau’s emergency conference call with premiers of Canada’s provinces or territories on Tuesday evening like Omicron threatens to disrupt the country’s holiday season.
On Tuesday, Justin Trudeau told the Red FM radio station, “This Omicron variant is terrifying.”
He did add, however, that with increased vaccination uptake, including a booster and pediatric doses, as well as health-related precautions, Canada would “make it through this winter and into a much better summer.”
National Omicron figures were not provided, but Ontario, the country’s most populous province, reported that the variant now accounts for 30.8 percent of new daily infections, with a doubling time of only three days. In addition, health officials in Ontario predicted that the variant would account for nearly all new cases by January of next year.
Worryingly, the province’s Science Advisory Table put the reproductive or R rate at 4.01, far higher than Delta’s rate of 1.09.
On Tuesday, there were 4,336 new cases of all Covid-19 infections, and Canada’s chief public health officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, tweeted that 8 provinces had declared higher numbers, resulting in a “national weekly increase of 30%.”
Source: hindustantimes
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