Prime Minister Justin Trudeau mentioned during a press conference Friday that his government plans to impose even stricter rules on travel than the nation already has in place including mandatory quarantine for travelers at a hotel at their own expenses once they arrived in the nation
“Nobody must be taking a trip overseas right now,” Trudeau mentioned. “When you’ve got one deliberate, cancel it. And don’t book a trip for spring break.”
Currently, Canada requires individuals entering the nation to self-isolate for 14 days and to current a negative COVID-19 test taken within three days earlier than arrival.
Since Canada witness, the rapid surge in cases of coronavirus, there have been at least 731,400 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Canada, according to the Public Health Agency. As of Friday evening, whereas 18,622 people died.
Current variants of the virus that emerged within the U.K., South Africa, and Brazil seem to spread more easily and scientists say that may result in more cases, deaths, and hospitalizations. They’re also concerned about any potential skill to eventually scale back the effectiveness of vaccines.
