'There are no changes': Most international travelers still exempt from new COVID hotel quarantine rules

A federal cabinet order includes about 20 other exemption categories, people who will now be able to avoid the new three-day hotel stay

National Post - Feb 10, 2021 • 2 hours ago


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"The exclusions underline the complexity of trying to seal Canada off from the rest of the world, especially when it shares earth’s longest undefended border — and a massive trading relationship — with the United States.

But they’re frequently minimized by the government, which often refers to the quarantine exemptions as “limited,” even though they apply to most people who enter Canada."

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"The National Post first asked the Public Health Agency on Feb. 1 for data on the number of coronavirus cases identified among international travellers exempted from quarantine versus the minority actually required to isolate. The agency had yet to provide that information by deadline Tuesday.

Dr. Jeff Kwong, a University of Toronto public health professor, said he simply doesn’t know how much of a problem the exempted travellers pose."

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