Canada expands added screening to travelers from South Africa amid COVID-19 variant worries

Canada expands added screening to travelers from South Africa amid COVID-19 variant worries

Channel NewsAsia - World·2020-12-25 08:00

OTTAWA: Canada on Thursday (Dec 24) expanded enhanced screening and monitoring measures to travellers arriving from South Africa, citing the rise of a more infectious variant of COVID-19 in that country, similar to one that has emerged in the United Kingdom.

This follows a move on Wednesday by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to extend to Jan. 6 a ban on passenger flights arriving from Britain, citing the variant. It also announced added screening for travelers from Britain.

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