As Canada virus cases pass 1,000, asylum seekers to be turned back; jobless claims soar

By David Ljunggren and Jeff Lewis OTTAWA/TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada will turn back asylum seekers who walk over the U.S.-Canada border, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday, as economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak intensified and a ban on non-essential travel across the world's longest undefended border was set to come into effect. More than 500,000 applications for Canadian unemployment benefits were made so far this week, versus just under 27,000 in the same week last year, Trudeau said.

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