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WORLD NEWS Saturday 30 January 2021
Canada to quarantine travelers, suspend flights south

By ROB GILLIES “We will also, in the coming
Associated Press weeks, be requiring nones-
TORONTO (AP) — Prime sential travelers to show a
Minister Justin Trudeau on negative test before entry
Friday announced stricter at the land border with the
restrictions on travelers US, and we are working to
in response to new, likely stand up additional testing
more contagious variants requirements for land trav-
of the novel coronavirus — el,” Trudeau said.
including making it manda- Canada already requires
tory for travelers to quaran- those entering the country
tine in a hotel at their own to self-isolate for 14 days
expense when they arrive and to present a negative
in Canada and suspend- COVID-19 test taken within
ing airline service to Mexico three days before arrival.
and all Caribbean destina- Tam, Canada’s top health
tions until April 30. official, said that security
Trudeau said in addition contractors will be going
to the pre-boarding test door-to-door to check on
Canada already requires, returnees who are isolating
the government will be in- at home.
troducing mandatory PCR The move to require a ho-
testing at the airport for tel stay upon return would
people returning to Cana- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a news conference at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Friday, discourage vacations as
da. Jan. 22, 2021. people would not want to
“Travelers will then have to Associated Press have to quarantine at a
wait for up to three days at food and the cost of mea- those with positive tests will to all Caribbean destina- hotel at their own expense
an approved hotel for their sures the designated hotels be immediately required to tions and Mexico starting upon return.
test results, at their own ex- will have to take to keep quarantine in designated Sunday until April 30. “It’s excellent. It’s a shame
pense, which is expected their workers safe. government facilities to “They will be making ar- it’s this late. This is some-
to be more than $2000,” “The cost is a ballparking. make sure they’re not car- rangements with their cus- thing they could have
Trudeau said. This isn’t like any other facil- rying variants of particular tomers who are currently done ages ago,” said Dr.
“Those with negative test ity. This is one where there concern. . on a trip in these regions to Andrew Morris, a professor
results will then be able to has to be infection pre- Trudeau also said the gov- organize their return flights,” of infectious diseases at the
quarantine at home un- vention control measures, ernment and Canada’s Trudeau said. University of Toronto and
der significantly increased security and other costs as main airlines have agreed He said starting next week, the medical director of the
surveillance and enforce- well. It’s not just a regular to suspend service to sun all international passenger Antimicrobial Stewardship
ment.” stay at a hotel,” said Dr. destinations right away. He flights must land at the fol- Program at Sinai-University
The steep cost for the hotel Theresa Tam, Canada’s said Air Canada, WestJet, lowing four airports: Van- Health Network.
stay includes the cost for a chief public health officer. Sunwing, and Air Transat couver, Toronto, Calgary “This is definitely a step in
private PCR test, security, The prime minister said are cancelling air service and Montreal. the right direction.”q

Putin signs extension of last

Russia-U.S. nuclear arms treaty

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV gressional approval in the tenure as vice president
Associated Press U.S., but Russian lawmak- under Obama.
Russian President Vladimir ers had to ratify the move. Russia had long proposed
Putin on Friday signed a bill Russian diplomats said the prolonging the pact with-
extending the last remain- extension will be validated out any conditions or
ing nuclear arms control by exchanging diplomatic changes, but the adminis-
treaty between Russia and notes once all the proce- tration of former President
the United States a week dures are completed. Donald Trump waited un-
before the pact was due to The treaty, signed in til last year to start talks
expire. Both houses of the 2010 by President Barack and made the extension
Russian parliament voted Obama and Russian Presi- contingent on a set of de- In this file photo taken on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, Russian
unanimously Wednesday dent Dmitry Medvedev, mands. The talks stalled, RS-24 Yars ballistic missiles roll in Red Square during the Victory
to extend the New START limits each country to no and months of bargain- Day military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the Nazi
treaty for five years. Pu- more than 1,550 deployed ing failed to narrow differ- defeat in Moscow, Russia.
tin and U.S. President Joe nuclear warheads and ences. After both Moscow Associated Press
Biden had discussed the 700 deployed missiles and and Washington withdrew in pulling out of the Open security and urged Russia
nuclear accord a day ear- bombers, and envisages from the 1987 Intermedi- Skies Treaty, which allowed and the U.S. to start ne-
lier, and the Kremlin said sweeping on-site inspec- ate-Range Nuclear Forces surveillance flights over mil- gotiating follow-up agree-
they agreed to complete tions to verify compliance. Treaty in 2019, New START is itary facilities to help build ments. Russia had offered
the necessary extension Biden indicated during the the only remaining nuclear trust and transparency be- before Biden took office to
procedures in the next few U.S. presidential campaign arms control deal between tween Russia and the West. extend New START for five
days. New START expires that he favored the preser- the two countries.Earlier this Arms control advocates years — a possibility that
Feb. 5. The pact’s exten- vation of New START, which month, Russia announced hailed New START’s exten- was envisaged by the pact
sion doesn’t require con- was negotiated during his that it would follow the U.S. sion as a boost to global at the time it was signed. q