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A grey minivan belonging to a local funeral home parks in front of a storage container thatâs been converted into a temporary morgue at the rear of Windsor Regional Hospital Met Campus in Windsor, Ont., Wednesday, January 6, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Rob Gurdebeke January 06, 2021 - 3:16 PM
TORONTO - Touting the need for drastic action, Quebec became the first province to impose a curfew Wednesday as soaring COVID-19 infections across Canada intensified the strain on hospitals and prompted some Ontario morgues to run out of space.
Quebec s premier pointed to the province s overburdened hospitals as he announced a four-week curfew, to begin Saturday, that would bar people from leaving their homes between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m., unless they are going to work.
iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Jan 6, 2021 5:55am Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam speaks to reporters in Ottawa in April, 2020. (Andrew Meade/iPolitics)
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Canada considers delaying second vaccine doses: Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam says she has asked a national advisory committee whether it would be worthwhile to delay second COVID-19 vaccine doses in order to administer first doses to more people across the country. She said she is having an “active discussion” about whether or not to adjust the schedule, but added that Canada is committed to ultimately giving two doses.
Minister to reveal details on controversial COVID-19 testing rules for travellers
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Last Updated Jan 6, 2021 at 10:44 am EDT
People line up and check in for an international flight at Pearson International airport during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
OTTAWA Transport Minister Marc Garneau is expected to unveil more details today on COVID-19 testing requirements for passengers returning to Canada.
Garneau announced last week that air travellers coming from abroad will have to show proof of negative test results, starting this Thursday at 12:01 a.m.
He said the PCR test distinct from a rapid test, and taking up to several days to process must occur less than 72 hours before takeoff.
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FILE PHOTO: Canada s Minister of Transport Marc Garneau speaks in the House of Commons as legislators convene to give the government power to inject billions of dollars in emergency cash to help individuals and businesses through the economic crunch caused by the novel coronavirus outbreak, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada will not extend a ban on flights from Britain when it expires later on Wednesday because new measures to fight the coronavirus have made it unnecessary, Transport Minister Marc Garneau told reporters.
The initial 72-hour Canadian ban - first imposed late last month after a new variant of the virus emerged in Britain - was later extended to Jan. 6.
OTTAWA Transport Minister Marc Garneau says Canada s ban on flights from the United Kingdom will expire Wednesday when the clock strikes midnight. Canada halted most air travel from the U.K., where a mutated strain of COVID-19 had been discovered, on Dec. 20. New rules that require passengers returning from abroad to show proof of negative COVID-19 test results will prevent the spread of the virus across borders, Garneau said. Passengers must take a PCR test the type of test common in Canada involving a deep nasal swab, and distinct from a rapid test. The test has to be administered less than 72 hours before takeoff, or 96 hours in the cases of two dozen countries, mainly in the Caribbean, Garneau said at a virtual press conference.