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Trudeau says Canada's economy won't reopen "for many more weeks"

Trudeau says Canada's economy won't reopen "for many more weeks" | News

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Trudeau warns national lockdown will continue for weeks
From CNN’s Paula Newton in Ottawa

CanadaJustin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, speaks during a news conference outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. David Kawai/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned again Wednesday that the national lockdown would continue for weeks to come even though the country has, so far, been spared the worst of Covid-19.

"If we reopen too soon, everything we're doing now might be for nothing,” Trudeau said during his daily press conference in Ottawa.

Canada reported 28,205 cases on Wednesday and 1,008 deaths. Nearly half of those deaths were related to outbreaks in long-term care facilities. Still, per capita, Canada has had fewer cases and deaths than the United States and most European countries.

But Trudeau says that doesn’t mean the country is reopening anytime soon, and certainly not by May 1.

"It would be terrible if we were to release restrictions too early and find out we're suddenly back in another big wave of Covid-19," he said, adding that any reopening would happen in phases.