These are troubling times for Newfoundlanders and Labradorians stranded outside the province. Jocelyn Dunne and her partner Grant Hickey are in Colombia where they were on a two-week vacation.

They left from Montreal through AirTransat on March 8.

The Canadian government has called all Canadians home in light of the pandemic, but Jocelyn tells VOCM News, they’re stranded and having difficulty getting the information they need.

She says they’ve traveled AirTransat before, but the reception they’ve received this time around has been very different. The representative they’re dealing with at the resort only wants to communicate information in French, something she calls “challenging.”

There’s a curfew in place outside the resort, Colombia has closed its airports, and they don’t know what to do now.

She was told to go to the airport and wait for an AirTransat flight on standby, but they’d have to check out of the resort, and with the curfew, they wouldn’t be allowed to return.

Anyone entering the Newfoundland and Labrador is required to self-quarantine for 14 days.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not ruling out putting the country in lockdown as the COVID-19 pandemic evolves.

Trudeau held his daily briefing outside his Ottawa residence again today, indicating that a reciprocal agreement has been reached between Canada and the US to return illegal migrants.

The federal government is also working with airlines to get stranded Canadians home. The first flight will depart Morocco tomorrow.