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Ottawa sending 3 flights to Peru this week to pick up stranded Canadians | CBC News

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Mar 23, 2020
Ottawa sending 3 flights to Peru this week to pick up stranded Canadians | CBC News

Canada is sending three flights to Peru to bring Canadians home as a growing number of countries close their borders amid rising numbers of COVID-19 cases.

Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne says the Canadian government has secured authorizations for Air Canada to operate three flights from Peru this week to bring back Canadians that have been stranded there amid the COVID-19 lockdown. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)

Canada is sending three flights to Peru to bring Canadians home as a growing number of countries close their borders amid rising numbers of COVID-19 cases.

Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne told CBC Radio’s The Current he negotiated with the Peruvian government late into the night to secure the flights. Peru’s airspace is being managed by the mi

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