WATCH: Canada announces measures to counter new coronavirus variant of concernĭuration 2:21 Featured VideoMinister of Transport Omar Alghabra responds to a question from the CBC's Tom Parry about getting Canadians home from southern Africa safely after the government imposed new travel restrictions in response to a new COVID-19 variant.ĭr. They also would be required to go through a so-called 'day eight' test on the eighth day of quarantine. If the test is negative, those returning travellers would be released to quarantine for a mandatory 14 days at home. Then, after landing in Canada, inbound travellers must also get an arrival test and wait for the results of that test at a designated hotel. Starting today, travellers must get a molecular test in the country they connect through on their way to Canada.

Global Affairs Canada will also issue an advisory today warning against all travel to the region for the foreseeable future, Duclos said.Ĭanadian citizens and permanent residents will be allowed to return home - but they'll face a new requirement that could make travel awkward.īecause there are no direct flights between the region and Canada, most travellers transit through airports in Europe, the Middle East and the U.S. Starting today, all foreign nationals who have travelled through South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini or Mozambique in the last 14 days will be barred from entering Canada.

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced today that Canada will limit travel from seven countries in southern Africa, a region that has reported cases of a new - and possibly more infectious - coronavirus variant.

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