The federal government has announced that it will be resuming mandatory random testing for international travellers arriving at four major airports next week.
A traveller walks past a mandatory COVID-19 testing sign at Pearson International Airport in Toronto. Random testing for fully vaccinated travellers will be conducted outside of airports starting July 19.
Ottawa had initially suspended random testing for fully vaccinated travellers last month after airport authorities urged the government to drop the program, saying it was causing long delays at airports, although testing remained in place for those not considered fully vaccinated. To qualify as a fully vaccinated traveller, a person must have received two doses of a recognized vaccine or one shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.The government maintains that random testing for air travellers is necessary to help detect new COVID-19 variants.
Those selected for random testing must complete the test within one day of their arrival, the government says.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Canada bringing back mandatory random COVID-19 testing of travellers arriving at main airportsThe federal government says mandatory random COVID-19 testing will resume as of July 19 for fully vaccinated travellers arriving at the Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Toronto airports
Read more »
Key COVID-19 numbers in the Ottawa area for July 12 | CBC NewsOttawa's average coronavirus wastewater level keeps climbing, so does its COVID-19 hospitalizations, outbreaks and test positivity.
Read more »
Ontario's top doctor to make announcement about 4th COVID-19 shots, rapid antigen tests | CBC NewsOntario's chief medical officer of health is set to make an announcement on Wednesday about access to fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines and to free rapid antigen tests.
Read more »
Ontario expands access to 4th COVID-19 vaccine doses to all adults | CBC NewsOntario is expanding eligibility for a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine for all adults as of July 14, the province's chief medical officer of health said Wednesday.
Read more »
N.L. expands access to 2nd COVID-19 boosters to residents 50 and over | CBC NewsStarting next Wednesday, anyone over 50 years old in Newfoundland and Labrador can get a second COVID-19 vaccine booster dose, as the province prepares to push back against the highly transmissible BA.5 variant.
Read more »
Alberta's COVID-19 hospitalizations dropping, positivity rate rising | CBC NewsThe number of people in hospital with COVID-19 in Alberta continues to drop but the province's PCR testing positivity rate continues to rise.
Read more »