'In Canada, such a broad, unspecific quarantine measure like this would certainly violate our Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms because it would be a restriction on people’s rights that are not justifiable.'
Placing an entire city under quarantine to prevent the spread of a virus is inconceivable, unenforceable and ineffective — and in Canada would be against the law, experts say.
The virus, which is from the same family of viruses that cause the common cold, has so far sickened close to 600 people in China and killed at least 17. Other countries, including the United States, have reported cases of the illness in recent days.A hotel employee takes the temperature of a person that just arrived at the premise in Wuhan on Jan. 24, 2020.
Hoffman said such an extreme quarantine measure would never occur in Canada for a number of reasons. Plus, travel bans do not work, he said, because people who want to get out will find a way, which undermines the whole idea of a quarantine. Large-scale quarantines are rare around the world, because of concerns about infringing on people’s liberties.
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