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OTTAWA — Canada is closing its borders to most foreign nationals except Americans and is barring anyone, including Canadian citizens, with symptoms of the novel coronavirus from boarding flights to this country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday.

The measures come after days of complaints from provincial and municipal governments that travellers to Canada were not being given proper warnings to go into isolation, and not being screened well for symptoms of COVID-19.

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Trudeau said the government’s response to the virus is changing in real time on the advice of public-health experts and Canadians should expect additional measures before the crisis ends.

“As the virus continues its spread we’ve decided to take increasingly aggressive steps to keep you and your family safe,” Trudeau said Monday afternoon outside his Ottawa home.

Trudeau remained in self-isolation because his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, tested positive for COVID-19 last week and is recovering. He chaired a cabinet meeting from afar Sunday evening, where the latest decisions were made, and held calls Monday with G7 leaders to discuss Canada’s ongoing response and attempt international co-operation on the virus that has now killed more than 6,500 people worldwide.