The Federal Government has authorized additional hotels to accommodate quarantined travellers upon returning to Canada.
Starting today, further preventative measures will take effect for international travellers coming into Canada. Travellers will have to take a second COVID-19 test upon arriving in the country and a third at the end of their mandatory 14-day quarantine.
As they await their results, they will be required to quarantine at a supervised hotel at their own expense. According to the federal government, accommodations will cost $2,000 per person which includes the cost of private tests and the hotel stay.
When the list was first released last week, only one hotel in British Columbia, the Westin Wall Centre Vancouver Airport, had been approved for use. The following four hotels near the YVR Vancouver International Airport have since been added:
Posted: Feb 22, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 24
A traveller checks into the Marriott Westin Wall Centre Vancouver Airport hotel in Richmond, B.C., on Monday. Air passengers must book a three-night stay in a government-approved hotel before flying into Canada starting on Monday. The hotel stay is required while they await the results of a COVID-19 test. Travellers who test negative can leave the hotel and finish the rest of their 14-day quarantine at home.(Ben Nelms/CBC)
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Travellers arriving by air to Vancouver International Airport will have to book a three-night stay in a government-approved hotel for quarantining. Photo via Xesai / Getty Images
All hotels will be located near one of the four Canadian airports currently accepting international flights. These accommodations are privately owned and authorized by the Government of Canada.
So far, only one Vancouver hotel is on the list the Westin Wall Centre Vancouver Airport in Richmond. However, the current list of hotels is incomplete and will be finalized in the coming days.
Travellers entering Canada by air need to book their hotel for a three-night stay upon arrival. They will also need to provide a negative result for a COVID-19 molecular test taken within a 72-hour timeframe of their scheduled flight.
The Canadian government has released a list of some of the hotels that are approved to host international air travellers for the mandatory quarantine requirement.
Starting February 22, international air travellers to Canada must take a COVID-19 test upon arrival. They must then await the results of this test in a government-approved facility for up to three days.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had previously announced the new measure to stop the spread of coronavirus in January. At that time he estimated the cost to travellers would be about $2,000.
However, the Canadian Press reports that the cost to travellers is actually much lower. Two hotels at Toronto Pearson International Airport declare that their mandatory quarantine programs go from $319 to $339 for a single person. The Calgary Airport Marriott In-Terminal Hotel, is reportedly going for $1,272 plus tax, which includes food for three days and for security.