Travellers are legally obligated to follow the instructions of a Screening Officer or Quarantine Officer through the 14-day period, whether in regards to testing, transit to locations, their mandatory hotel stopover or during quarantine at home or other suitable location.
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Advocates call for COVID-19 vaccination plan for migrant and undocumented workers
TORONTO — Migrant and undocumented workers must have access to the COVID-19 vaccine as part of Canada’s immunization effort, advocates said Wednesday, calling on all levels of government to ensure the workers are guaranteed the shots. The Migrant Rights Network, along with doctors and labour groups, voiced concerns that thousands of migrant and undocumented workers...
Quebec starts COVID-19 vaccination bookings for seniors; those in Ontario must wait
Quebecers 85 years and older were able to register for COVID-19 vaccinations starting Thursday, while seniors in Ontario will have to wait weeks to book in that province. The Quebec appointments are to begin next week in the Montreal region. Ontario’s vaccine distribution committee, blaming a lack of supply for the delay, has said seniors...
List of priority populations for Phase 1 of Ontario’s vaccine distribution plan
The Ontario government has issued a memo to the province’s regional medical officers of health spelling out who’s next in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The province offered new guidance to regional medical officers of health as supply of the COVID-19 vaccines starts to gradually increase. The province says all residents of long-term care...
Judge questions court role in admin of health orders banning church gatherings
Chief Justice Christopher Hinkson says public health orders already prohibit such church gatherings and it’s within the power of provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and the government to escalate enforcement without a court order.
Mandatory tests and hotel quarantines set to come into effect: a look at how it works
All incoming travellers must provide proof of negative COVID-19 PCR tests (the kind typically taken with a deep nasal swab) done within 72 hours of boarding their aircraft.
Stricter border controls for travellers to begin Feb. 22
Forcing new arrivals into a mandatory three-day hotel quarantine — at their own expense — and requiring a COVID-19 test when they get here is meant to help ward off new and more transmissible variants of COVID-19, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.
Restaurants, gyms, churches: Manitoba opts to loosen some COVID-19 restrictions
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government on Tuesday announced plans to reopen restaurants, museums, gyms and many other establishments — the same day the province reported its first COVID-19 case involving a variant that emerged in the United Kingdom. “These changes, once again, are cautious changes to ensure we continue to protect and safeguard Manitobans’ lives,”...
Wear red for women’s heart health: National day of awareness February 13
Wear Red Canada is an initiative of the Canadian Women’s Heart Health Alliance, powered by the Canadian Women’s Heart Health Centre at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
B.C. health officer seeks injunction against churches violating ban on services
Dr. Bonnie Henry relied on evidence showing that transmission of the virus seems highest in settings of sustained interpersonal interaction indoors or in enclosed spaces, and loud talking, chanting and singing also increase spread, it says.