A record 762 new cases were announced on Wednesday, hours after Premier John Horgan urged British Columbians to avoid non-essential travel. Currently, non-essential travel is restricted in and out of the Vancouver Coastal and Fraser health regions. Horgan is calling on the federal government to implement a "pan-Canadian approach" to non-essential travel. A two-week travel ban looks more like a six-week ban in the hotel industry, he said, because of delays in reopenings and customer behaviours. The tourism industry is urging the province to be crystal clear in whatever restrictions could be coming to allow them to plan accordingly, said Vivek Sharma, chair of the Tourism Industry Association of B.C.

Source: CBC News November 19, 2020 04:30 UTC