Canada Will Require Negative COVID-19 Test 72 Hours Before Arrival
Dec 30, 2020, 11:09 am
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Canada Will Require Negative COVID-19 Test 72 Hours Before Arrival
As reported by Richard Zussman, GlobalBC reporter.
Travelers will still have to quarantine for 14 days.
Begins January 7th. Details:
https://economiles.com/canadas-new-negative-pcr-test-requirement-starts-january-7
https://economiles.com/breaking-cana...-before-entry/
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Travelers will still have to quarantine for 14 days.
Begins January 7th. Details:
- The 72 hours is calculated based on boarding time.
- Only those over the age of 5 will be required to obtain a negative PCR test.
- Passengers will have to arrange the tests themselves and pay out of their own pocket.
- Negative test results must be presented to the airline prior to boarding flight to Canada.
- If passengers cannot obtain a test, they will have to successfully demonstrate there was no facility where they could get a test abroad, or they will be denied boarding.
- Those who are allowed to to board the flights without a test will have to quarantine for 14 days at a federally-approved facility once they reached their arrival destination.
https://economiles.com/canadas-new-negative-pcr-test-requirement-starts-january-7
https://economiles.com/breaking-cana...-before-entry/
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Last edited by kevflyer; Dec 31, 2020 at 11:24 pm
Dec 30, 2020, 11:34 am
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Last edited by tcook052; Dec 30, 2020 at 4:00 pm Reason: Off topic
Dec 30, 2020, 11:57 am
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Or is the onus being put on the airline, therefore it's denied boarding rather than denied entry?
Dec 30, 2020, 12:03 pm
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Also curious on how this is going to be implemented... How quickly will this go into effect? I suspect it would be in or around Jan 21, when the OIC's are updated?
Dec 30, 2020, 12:08 pm
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Dec 30, 2020, 12:14 pm
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81% of incoming travellers are exempt from the quarantine according to the CBSA anyway and the other 19% just completely ignore. I'm sure there will be exemptions on the PCR test for practically everybody by the time this gets rolled out
Dec 30, 2020, 12:19 pm
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Soooo what happens if I drive back home to Canada with no test. They cannot turn me around back to USA as I am not allowed to enter USA by land. So now I live on the bridge??? What about snowbirds returning home who take more than 72 hours to drive back. What happens to them?
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Dec 30, 2020, 12:31 pm
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Soooo what happens if I drive back home to Canada with no test. They cannot turn me around back to USA as I am not allowed to enter USA by land. So now I live on the bridge??? What about sonwbirds returning home who take more than 72 hours to drive back. What happens to them?
Dec 30, 2020, 12:32 pm
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if it's going to be required of transit pax like AMS, AC may as well close down shop on intl routes.
Dec 30, 2020, 12:37 pm
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Which it seems is the point according to what was said at the news conference. They don't want people traveling and they want to add another layer of hurt for those who do travel for discretionary reasons and an added layer of detection for those who do need to. Of course the OIC will have the real details when we see it.
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Dec 30, 2020, 12:52 pm
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