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Canada is lifting COVID-19 testing rules for travellers from China

Since Jan. 5, air travellers arriving in Canada on flights originating from the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong or Macau that are two years of age and older have been required to present a negative COVID-19 test before boarding the aircraft to Canada.Story continues below advertisement

“This means that there will no longer be any federal COVID-19 border measures in place after that time,” the agency added. The testing requirements were put in place by Canada, the U.S. and many other countries as China battled a surge in COVID-19 infections after lifting its “zero-COVID” measures late last year, allowing residents to travel both within and outside the country for the first time in nearly three years.

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