Justin Trudeau warns if Canada opens too early, the country could be sent 'back into confinement'

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• Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned that the country could be sent "back into confinement this summer" if businesses reopen too quickly.
• "We are still in the emergency phase," Trudeau said at a briefing Saturday. "The vast majority of Canadians continue to need to be very careful."
• Quebec is readying to open schools and businesses amid warnings from experts that reopening public spaces would lead to an increase in cases, deaths, and hospitalizations due to the novel coronavirus. 
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned that if provinces reopen too quickly, a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic could send the country "back into confinement this summer," Reuters reported.

Trudeau said in a briefing on Saturday that despite promising indicators like a flattening rate of daily cases in many provinces, Canada is "not in the recovery phase yet" and any reopening should be gradual.

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