Canada Quarantine
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Canada’s designated COVID-19 quarantine facilities cost nearly $389M over 3 years: PHACCanada set up 38 quarantine facilities in 14 cities across the country throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, between March 2020 and September 2022.CanadaFeb 1, 2023
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Feds unaware if 66% of incoming travellers quarantined during 1st COVID-19 wave: reportThe finding was revealed in a report from the Auditor General of Canada made public Monday.CanadaJul 12, 2021
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Canada to see more travellers on first weekend of eased COVID-19 rules: CBSACanadian citizens and permanent residents who are fully vaccinated with a Health Canada approved vaccine are exempt from quarantine.CanadaJul 9, 2021
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Company behind COVID-19 border testing says medical professionals ‘always’ oversee testingTop 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.CanadaMay 28, 2021
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Travellers can avoid paying for Canada’s hotel quarantineGlobal 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.HealthApr 12, 2021
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Feds approve shorter quarantine period for NHL players entering Canada: sourcesSources 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.HealthMar 26, 2021
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Reports of shortened quarantine for NHL players ‘a slapshot in the face’: advocatesThe federal government is facing calls from advocates to shorten not just quarantine requirements for NHL players, but for all Canadians flying across the border.CanadaMar 25, 2021
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West Vancouver woman accused of violating quarantine fined nearly $7,000Health officials allege the woman failed to present an adequate negative COVID-19 test upon returning to Canada, and visited Lions Gate Hospital shortly afterward.HealthMar 10, 2021
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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."CanadaFeb 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.CanadaFeb 3, 2021
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