Canada: COVID negative test result required for air travel Times of IndiaTIMESOFINDIA.COM|TRAVEL NEWS, CANADA Created : Jan 8, 2021, 13:01 IST Canada has made it mandatory for all Canada-bound passengers to produce COVID negative test results before boarding a flight to any Canadian destination. This move has been taken to prevent the spread of Coronavirus. Air travel further remains restricted to the country, as the restrictions imposed on the entry of foreign nationals, which was initially announced in March last year due to the virus, still remains in force. As per the reports, the government will only accept results from the RTPCR (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) or RT-LAMP (transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification) tests; those must also be taken within 72 hours before the departure of Canada-bound flights.