ALL TRAVELLERS WILL ONCE AGAIN NEED A MOLECULAR COVID19 TEST BEFORE ARRIVING IN CANADA

By Chandrayee Roy Choudhury, Canada:

Canada is increasing testing requirements for international travellers and dropping its travel ban on flights from 10 African countries as the government tries to quash the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant.



Starting Tuesday, all travellers will once again need to get a COVID-19 molecular test before returning to Canada.

As of Dec. 21, the requirement for pre-arrival testing will be in place again for trips of all duration.

The re-introduction of testing is on top of the warning earlier this week to avoid non-essential travel over the holidays as the variant rages around the world.



The federal government changed its official guidance to advise Canadians to avoid all non-essential travel outside the country for the time being.