Canada to deny sick passengers from domestic flights, passenger trains

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a news conference at Rideau Cottage as efforts continue to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Blair Gable

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Canada will not allow anyone who displays symptoms of COVID-19 to board domestic flights or inter-city passenger trains, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday.

Trudeau's government has long urged Canadians feeling ill to stay at home, but he told reporters at his daily press conference that Transport Canada had now formalised travel rules as cases steadily rise.