Canada to require people arriving by air to take COVID-19 tests; measure excludes US flights – The Peninsula

  • Date: 01-Dec-2021
  • Source: The Peninsula Qatar
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:Egypt
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Canada to require people arriving by air to take COVID-19 tests; measure excludes US flights – The Peninsula

OTTAWA - Canada, seeking to halt the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, will require people arriving by air from all nations except the United States to take a COVID-19 test, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said on Tuesday.

Ottawa is also expanding a ban on travelers from southern Africa to cover three more nations, bringing the total to 10.