OTTAWA –
The federal government is bringing back mandatory random testing for air travelers coming to Canada starting July 19.
After a little more than a month without the measure, the Public Health Agency of Canada wrote in a statement Thursday that it will reintroduce random testing for air travelers, this time outside airports, either in person at designated testing locations, or using virtual meetings and self-rub tests.
“As we have said all along, Canada’s border measures will remain flexible and adaptable, guided by science and common sense,” Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said in the statement. “We must maintain border testing measures because this is how we track the importation of the COVID-19 virus and new variants of concern.”
“We will continue to adapt our border measures to balance the need to protect Canadians while supporting our economic recovery.”
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