Ford 'extremely alarmed' by reports of new COVID-19 strain, vows to test travellers arriving in Ontario
TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government plans to implement mandatory testing at Toronto’s largest airport in order to stop the U.K.'s new and more transmissible strain of COVID-19 from entering the province. The premier made the comments at a news conference on Monday, as he slammed the federal government for not taking the threat of the U.K.-based strain more seriously and increasing safety and testing measures at all Canadian airports. “I'm extremely alarmed by reports of a new strain of COVID-19 that is much more contagious than what we have seen, and we've been...
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