Trump announced the month-long travel ban earlier this week to restrict passenger arrivals from 26 European nations that he said "seeded" the virus. "What the science tells you is that travel bans are not nearly effective as you think they might be," McGeer said. Travel bans also risk discouraging people from disclosing where they've previously visited. (Carlos Osorio/Reuters)The reason travel bans and restrictions don't work, he said, is that if people want to travel, they'll find ways to do so. The Public Health Agency of Canada now asks travellers from China, Iran and Italy to contact the public health authority in the province or territory where they live or stay within 24 hours of arrival.

Source: CBC News March 13, 2020 07:52 UTC