Air travellers will soon have to test negative for COVID 19 before arrival in Canada
December 31, 2020 December 31, 2020
By Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press
Passengers on flights entering Canada will soon be required to have a negative PCR test three days before their arrival. (Photo: Adobe Stock)
OTTAWA The federal government says it plans to require air travellers to test negative for COVID-19 before landing in Canada in response to concerns that people vacationing abroad could bring the novel coronavirus home with them.
Cabinet ministers met Wednesday morning following criticism from the premiers of Canada’s two largest provinces that federal efforts at the border were too loose and allowing new cases and strains of the virus to enter the country.
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A look at news events in March 2020:
01 – Former U.S. vice-president Joe Biden scored a resounding victory in South Carolina’s Democratic primary, riding a wave of African-American support to get some badly needed momentum for his White House bid.
01 – The spreading coronavirus epidemic shut down France’s Louvre museum, as Italy was recognized as the epicentre of the outbreak in Europe. A new U.S. government advisory urged Americans not to travel to two Italian regions hardest hit by the new virus, Lombardy and Veneto.
02 – The man who spent two decades as chairman and chief executive officer of General Electric died. Jack Welch was 84. Welch personified what became known as the “cult of the CEO” during the late-1990s boom, and in 1999, Fortune magazine named him “Manager of the Century.”
Year in review: A look at news events in March 2020
A health-care worker is seen outside the emergency department of the Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver on March 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward December 31, 2020 - 11:30 AM
A look at news events in March 2020:
01 - Former U.S. vice-president Joe Biden scored a resounding victory in South Carolina s Democratic primary, riding a wave of African-American support to get some badly needed momentum for his White House bid.
01 - The spreading coronavirus epidemic shut down France s Louvre museum, as Italy was recognized as the epicentre of the outbreak in Europe. A new U.S. government advisory urged Americans not to travel to two Italian regions hardest hit by the new virus, Lombardy and Veneto.