The federal government will announce new and expanded travel measures on Wednesday in a bid to limit the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant. Multiple sources told CBC News and Radio-Canada that the government is expected to renew an advisory against non-essential international travel, which had been in place for most of the COVID-19 pandemic but was quietly lifted in October. WATCH | Ottawa expected to renew advisory against non-essential international travel: Ottawa expected to advise against all non-essential international travel: sources Duration 2:44 The federal government is expected to again advise against all non-essential international travel, sources have told CBC News, as concerns about the omicron variant grow across the country. 2:44If implemented, stricter international travel rules would reverse months of progress to reopen Canada's borders after the country effectively shut down to non-essential travellers during the early stages of the pandemic. The Omicron variant is already being widely reported in Canada and is expected by public health officials and epidemiologists to soon become the dominant strain of the coronavirus circulating in the country.

Source: CBC News December 15, 2021 04:12 UTC