Canada’s travel ban on India, Pakistan will only delay COVID-19 spread: experts Russell has previously said she was very worried about variants, specifically this variant, known as B.1.617.Last week, in response to growing concerns over confirmed cases of the B.1.617 variant, the federal government announced a new 30-day ban on passenger flights from India and Pakistan.Meanwhile, the province announced seven new cases of COVID-19 on Monday.Three cases in Zone 2 (Saint John region) are contacts of previously-confirmed cases.
Two cases are in Zone 3 (Fredericton region), one of which is a contact of a previous case and the other is under investigation.The remaining two cases are in Zone 4 (Edmundston region) and are also contacts of.