Canada quarantine

• Feds unaware if 66% of incoming travellers quarantined during 1st COVID-19 wave: report

  The finding was revealed in a report from the Auditor General of Canada made public Monday.

  Canada

  Jul 12, 2021
  
• Canada to see more travellers on first weekend of eased COVID-19 rules: CBSA

  Canadian citizens and permanent residents who are fully vaccinated with a Health Canada approved vaccine are exempt from quarantine.

  Canada

  Jul 9, 2021
  
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• Company behind COVID-19 border testing says medical professionals ‘always’ oversee testing

  Top executives from Switch Health, the company behind Canada's COVID-19 border testing program, appeared before a meeting of Parliament's health committee on Friday.

  Canada

  May 28, 2021
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• Travellers can avoid paying for Canada’s hotel quarantine

  Global News has learned travellers entering Canada by air can avoid paying more than $1,000 each for a mandatory quarantine because the federal government will pay the whole bill.

  Health

  Apr 12, 2021
• Feds approve shorter quarantine period for NHL players entering Canada: sources

  Sources said players will now observe a seven-day quarantine upon arrival in Canada and be subject to daily testing for COVID-19, and will face further tests the following week.

  Health

  Mar 26, 2021
• Reports of shortened quarantine for NHL players ‘a slapshot in the face’: advocates

  The federal government is facing calls from advocates to shorten not just quarantine requirements for NHL players, but for all Canadians flying across the border.

  Canada

  Mar 25, 2021
• West Vancouver woman accused of violating quarantine fined nearly $7,000

  Health officials allege the woman failed to present an adequate negative COVID-19 test upon returning to Canada, and visited Lions Gate Hospital shortly afterward.

  Health

  Mar 10, 2021
• Coronavirus: Travellers react as new testing, quarantine requirements begin at Canadian airports

  "My father passed away ... [and] I'm coming back to all this expense," said a woman returning with her husband from Guyana. "It's ridiculous."

  Canada

  Feb 22, 2021
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• Experts warned of new COVID-19 variants. Why did Ottawa wait for stricter travel rules?

  As new, more contagious variants of COVID-19 spread across Canada, experts wonder why the government waited to implement stricter travel rules.

  Canada

  Feb 3, 2021
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• Canada introducing new mandatory COVID-19 rules for international travellers

  The Public Health Agency of Canada is imposing new mandatory coronavirus reporting rules for international air travellers coming to Canada starting Nov. 21.

  Canada

  Nov 3, 2020