Canada Covid Rules

• Negative COVID-19 test rule for Chinese flights takes effect in Canada

  The Canadian government announced last week that travellers from China, Hong Kong and Macau would need a negative test administered within 48 hours of their departure.

  Canada

  Jan 5, 2023
  
• Canadian Blood Services face flak over ending mandatory masking this week

  Canadian Blood Services noted that it is a community setting, not a hospital or health-care setting, and as such is able to shift from mandatory to optional measures on masking.

  Canada

  Jul 27, 2022
  
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• Cross-border trucker vaccine mandate among COVID-19 rules still in place

  Some federal health measures remain in place despite the government lifting the vaccine mandate for domestic and outbound travellers.

  Health

  Jun 14, 2022
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• Most provinces have no plans to reimpose COVID-19 restrictions as cases surge

  As things stand now, the provinces told Global News they're confident they have the healthcare capacity to handle the current wave of COVID cases

  Health

  Apr 6, 2022
• Some premiers say federal travel moves are evidence-free ‘political theatre’

  Several premiers rebuffed suggestions by federal ministers to force new COVID quarantines on travellers, saying Ottawa failed to provide any data to support the drastic measures.

  Politics

  Dec 16, 2021
• Ottawa awards COVID-19 border testing contracts worth $631M

  Switch Health, LifeLabs and Dynacare will be carrying out testing of international travellers entering Canada at airports and land border crossings.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2021