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Canada may extend travel ban on India, Pakistan as COVID-19 remains concern, feds say
India and Pakistan as concerns remain over a highly transmissible variant of the novel coronavirus first discovered in India.“The Government of Canada continuously monitors and evaluates the situation and may extend travel and border measures to continue to protect Canadians,” Health Canada told Global News in an emailed statement Thursday.Last week, Air Canada extended the flight ban from India to prevent the spread of COVID-19.“We have further extended the suspension of our flights from India until June 22,” Air Canada spokesperson Peter Fitzpatrick told Global News in a statement.“We did this in anticipation of the existing suspension on flights between the two countries being extended.” COVID-19: Air Canada extends flight ban from