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Dean Bennett Alberta chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw updates media on the Covid-19 situation in Edmonton on Friday, March 20, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson February 04, 2021 - 4:33 PM EDMONTON - Alberta reported Thursday it has 68 variant cases of COVID-19, up 11 from the day before, seven of them with no known link to travel. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the chief medical officer of health, said two of the new cases have potentially exposed two Calgary zone schools. Earlier possible exposures were reported in two other Calgary schools, but Hinshaw...

JASON FRANSON/The Canadian Press Alberta is increasing the mandatory quarantine period for people who live with someone who has tested positive for a COVID-19 variant to 24 days from the current 14. The new quarantine rules will be the strictest in Canada, where the number of variant cases identified has been growing, including more than 50 in Alberta. “We are being extra cautious to reduce the chance of infection spreading widely into the community,” Alberta Chief Medical Officer of Health Deena Hinshaw said on Tuesday. Story continues below advertisement The British variant has been cir...

New travel restrictions imposed by the federal government on Friday — including the temporary cancellation of all sun destination flights from Canada — will…

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On March 16, 2020, Canada announced that it would be closing its borders to international travelers but for a few exceptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A few days later, Canada and the United States mutually agreed to temporarily restrict all nonessential travel across the U.S.-Canada land border. The travel restrictions are still currently in force at the date of publication of this article. Further, on March 25, 2020, Canada imposed a mandatory 14-day quarantine period for all travell...