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ARTICLE · 02 DECEMBER 2021

Canada's New COVID-19 Travel Bans, Testing Regime, And Quarantine Requirements

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A few weeks ago, we collectively breathed sighs of relief as many COVID-related travel bans and restrictions,

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A few weeks ago, we collectively breathed sighs of relief as many COVID-related travel bans and restrictions, expensive testing requirements, and mandatory quarantines began to be slowly rolled back in the US and Canada. Shouldn't we have learned, by now, not to count those chickens until they've hatched?

With the first news release on November 26, 2021 and the second just yesterday, the Government of Canada has announced additional border measures aimed at "reducing the risk of the importation and transmission of COVID-19 and its variants in Canada," namely - the B.1.1.529 Omicron variant classified by the World Health Organization as a "variant of concern."

Effective December 1, 2021, foreign nationals who have been present in any of the following countries within the fourteen (14) days prior to travel, will not be permitted to enter Canada:

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