USA Now Requires a Negative Covid Test For Air Entry From Canada Starting Jan 26
Jan 12, 21, 3:57 pm
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USA Now Requires a Negative Covid Test For Air Entry From Canada Starting Jan 26
Jan 13, 21, 12:29 am
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I'd be quite pleased with this if it came with the bold part of the comment from the airline industry group:
In a statement Tuesday, the group, Airlines for America, said it supports a national testing standard set by the federal government.“Since the onset of this crisis, U.S. airlines have relied on science to help guide decisions as they continuously reevaluate and update their processes, procedures and protocols,” the group said in a statement. “Recognizing that this regime will provide an additional layer of safety in the travel journey, we encourage the administration to move forward with recommendations to concurrently lift existing entry restrictions on travelers from Europe, the United Kingdom and Brazil.”
Jan 13, 21, 6:45 am
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Travel medicine is often not covered by the public system so it's not surprising it would not cover a COVID test for non-essential leisure vacationers who are disregarding a government advisory against travel. Medical requirements for essential travel meanwhile are often tax deductible expenses for businesses.
Jan 13, 21, 9:24 am
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My guess is yes as even if you are vaccinated you will not get significantly sick if you catch covid BUT you can still give covid to someone who is not vaccinated and they could then be in deep trouble. In other words the vaccine does not prevent you from catching covid and spreading it to others but it does limit how sick you will get if you catch it.
Jan 13, 21, 11:43 am
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Very unlikely. And I'd expect Canada to be one of the last places to implement this given how slow restrictions get lifted once they are in place here...
Jan 13, 21, 12:17 pm
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My guess is yes as even if you are vaccinated you will not get significantly sick if you catch covid BUT you can still give covid to someone who is not vaccinated and they could then be in deep trouble. In other words the vaccine does not prevent you from catching covid and spreading it to others but it does limit how sick you will get if you catch it.
Jan 13, 21, 2:06 pm
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I think all travel related tests will have to be on the traveller's dime. At this point it looks like only paid for tests will give somekind of guarantee of the test returning within 48 hours or so.
My son just went to the US and had to have a test for the particular state he was flying to (MA). The cost was CAD 295 done by CVM Medical at YVR North Terminal.
No-one ever asked to see the test though, whether at check-in or arrival.
I believe testing will become the norm for travel worldwide at least for a while and once there is more clarity about the vaccines, it might replace the testing requirement as already hinted by Lufthansa (not confirmed by the German government yet as far as I know):
https://www.lufthansa.com/de/en/entry-into-germany
My son just went to the US and had to have a test for the particular state he was flying to (MA). The cost was CAD 295 done by CVM Medical at YVR North Terminal.
No-one ever asked to see the test though, whether at check-in or arrival.
I believe testing will become the norm for travel worldwide at least for a while and once there is more clarity about the vaccines, it might replace the testing requirement as already hinted by Lufthansa (not confirmed by the German government yet as far as I know):
https://www.lufthansa.com/de/en/entry-into-germany
Jan 13, 21, 2:31 pm
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Jan 13, 21, 2:46 pm
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The US requirements is for all international arrivals. It has nothing to do with Canada.
The testing requirement was sought by the US air carriers as a first step towards establishing air corridors which would include a loosening of entry restrictions for arrivals from much of Europe. But, its a multi-step process.
The CDC Order requires the pre-departure test and recommends (but does not require) a 3-5 day quarantine followed by a second test. Seems that the next step will be loosening European entry restrictions and adding a mandatory 3-day quarantine with a 2nd test.
The testing requirement was sought by the US air carriers as a first step towards establishing air corridors which would include a loosening of entry restrictions for arrivals from much of Europe. But, its a multi-step process.
The CDC Order requires the pre-departure test and recommends (but does not require) a 3-5 day quarantine followed by a second test. Seems that the next step will be loosening European entry restrictions and adding a mandatory 3-day quarantine with a 2nd test.
