India and Pakistan by another 30 days, Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra announced Friday.The minister announced the extension during the weekly Public Health Agency of Canada press conference just one day before the original ban was set to expire.
Canada may extend travel ban on India, Pakistan as COVID-19 remains concern, feds say “Direct commercial and private passenger flights from India and Pakistan will continue to be denied permission to arrive in Canada,” the minister said during a press conference on Friday.“This is not the right time to loosen any measures right now,” he said.The B.1.617 variant first identified in India late last year includes a pair of mutations that the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare says may.