Random arrival testing
Jul 28, 2022 | 6:51 am
#91
Join Date: Dec 2019
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If they really just want to know what new variants might exist they could easily bring back in airport testing but just have staff swabbing random people as they exit, don’t take names or numbers.
Jul 28, 2022 | 7:55 am
#92
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: BOS
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Posts: 1,199
https://travel.gc.ca/travel-covid/tr...ntering-canada
Jul 28, 2022 | 2:38 pm
#94
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 30
I'm confused. I thought there have been no changes at all at land borders, so the tests there were still going on even during the time they've been paused at the airports. Did I miss something?
Jul 28, 2022 | 2:43 pm
#95
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 30
AFAIK that's what they're saying now. But I wouldn't bet on the rules to be lifted as from october. I can imagine quite the contrary, that the rules will get tougher as fall approaches and infections probably rising.
Jul 28, 2022 | 6:39 pm
#96
Join Date: Sep 2019
Posts: 1,134
yah. Clearly has become a make work project foe the feds and province. Too many jobs rely on all the covid theatre.
Jul 31, 2022 | 12:26 am
#97
Join Date: May 2022
Posts: 117
Jul 31, 2022 | 2:27 am
#99
Join Date: Dec 2019
Programs: Air Canada - Super Elite, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 865
I just had another thought about this. They say the purpose is to monitor for new variants… However, I had also read that one of the acceptable types of tests for random arrival testing is the type of self test that is monitored by video by a nurse or whoever on an app?
In this case doesn’t the test get thrown out and not further analyzed for a particular variant?
In this case doesn’t the test get thrown out and not further analyzed for a particular variant?
Jul 31, 2022 | 6:19 pm
#103
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 6,478
I drove from Toronto to Buffalo to void the required test. Once you leave the country it is no longer required as you can no longer spread any virus to Canadians and you cannot feasibly take the test anywhere. I got gas in USA (with a time stamped receipt) and re-entered on a new arrivecan. There are no random tests for land entries. From now on I will always put in my arrivecan that I am entering either by land or at YTZ to avoid being randomly selected. I’ll just say my original flight to BUF/YTZ got cancelled and the airline flew me instead to YYZ.
Jul 31, 2022 | 6:36 pm
#104
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 145
PCR at YUL for Random Testing Selection?
Does anyone have experience being chosen for random testing at YUL? I was reading that the testing partner Biron wants you to do a PCR nasopharyngeal swab test at the airport if chosen randomly. There does not seem to be the option to do a virtual self-test at the bottom of the nostril like the what is offered in BC by their testing partner. This is according to what I read on Biron’s website: https://www.biron.com/en/laboratory/...ravel/arrival/
There’s no way in hell I’m having a painful nasopharyngeal swab when I am fully vaccinated, boosted, and healthy without any covid symptoms whatsoever.
If anyone can share their personal experiences of how this was handled at YUL since random testing was reinstated, that would be appreciated. Thanks.
There’s no way in hell I’m having a painful nasopharyngeal swab when I am fully vaccinated, boosted, and healthy without any covid symptoms whatsoever.
If anyone can share their personal experiences of how this was handled at YUL since random testing was reinstated, that would be appreciated. Thanks.
Aug 1, 2022 | 11:09 am
#105
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 2,604
I just had another thought about this. They say the purpose is to monitor for new variants… However, I had also read that one of the acceptable types of tests for random arrival testing is the type of self test that is monitored by video by a nurse or whoever on an app?
In this case doesn’t the test get thrown out and not further analyzed for a particular variant?
In this case doesn’t the test get thrown out and not further analyzed for a particular variant?