The federal government will force incoming international
travellers to quarantine in hotels for at least three days and
suspend all travel to Caribbean destinations in a bid to narrow
the chance more coronavirus variants enter the country.
Trudeau said that among other measures, all arrivals to Canadian
airports will have to pay out of pocket to quarantine in a hotel
before being allowed to circulate freely in the country.
All arrivals will also have to undergo PCR COVID-19 testing and
then isolate in “an approved hotel” for up to three days while
they wait for their result.
Trudeau said the cost of this hotel quarantine stay will be
“more than $2,000” per traveller.
Those who test negative will then be allowed to return to their
home or other final destination and complete the rest of a
14-day quarantine under “increased surveillance.”
Positive cases will have to stay in hotels until they recover.
Trudeau said they hope to have testing and quarantine functions
up and running in the next several weeks.
Additionally, all flights to and from vacation destinations in
the Caribbean and Mexico will stop as of Sunday and remain
suspended until at least April 30, Trudeau said.
“Now is just not the time to be flying,” Trudeau said.
“We can look forward to a better time when we can all plan those
vacations.”
Trudeau said the four air carriers that carry passengers to the
Caribbean and Mexico, Westjet, Air Canada, Sunwing and Air
Transat, are cooperating with the travel restrictions.
All incoming foreign flights will now only be permitted to land
in four locations; Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Calgary,
where testing and hotel quarantine capabilities will be set up.
All incoming non-essential travellers at Canada’s land borders
with the United States will also soon have to present a negative
result from a PCR test before being allowed entry.
International travel brought the variants to Canada, from
locales including United Kingdom, Denmark, South Africa and
Brazil.
“Just one case of the variant that comes in could cause
significant challenges,” Trudeau said, referencing the outbreak
of B.1.1.7 coronavirus at a Barrie long-term care home that has
so far killed at least 50 people.
It is extremely low the number of cases that are traced back to
international travel, but it is not zero,” Trudeau said.
Earlier this month, the federal government required all incoming
travellers to present proof of a negative PCR COVID-19 test
completed within the past 72 hours.
Incoming travellers, excluding cross-border workers and
truckers, have been required to quarantine for 14 days upon
arrival to Canada since last March.
Other countries including Australia and New Zealand have been
using hotel isolation periods for the entire length of the
pandemic.
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