NEW DELHI: Canada has begun testing fully vaccinated international arrivals and requires them to be quarantined till the test report comes in wake of the Omicron variant.
“All travellers, including Canadian citizens and permanent residents, seeking to enter Canada should expect to be tested upon arrival and be prepared to quarantine until receiving a negative Covid test result. Fully vaccinated travellers must test on-arrival in Canada and may travel onward to quarantine while awaiting for results. People testing positive must isolate for 10 days,” Transport Canada Tweeted.
The new requirements part of the “temporary border restrictions and measures” to address Covid-19 Omicron variant of concern.
“In effect: Fully vaccinated travellers who have been in any country other than Canada and the United States in the 14 days prior to entry to Canada may be selected for arrival testing. They must quarantine in a suitable place until they receive a negative test result. They may take public transportation (for example, connecting flights) to their place of quarantine. The Government of Canada is increasing the number of fully vaccinated travellers being selected for testing to reach 100% of vaccinated travellers in the coming weeks,” the Canadian government website said.
Requirements for unvaccinated travellers remain unchanged.
