Evidence of Second Alleged Sexual Assault at COVID Quarantine Hotel: Document

A person is seen in a room at a government-authorized COVID-19 quarantine hotel in Richmond, B.C., Canada, on Feb. 28, 2021. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

Evidence has emerged of a second alleged sexual assault case previously occurring in one of Canada’s former COVID-19 quarantine hotels at which air passengers returning to Canada and awaiting a COVID test result were required to stay for a period of several months during 2021.

In an Inquiry of Ministry tabled April 13 in the House of Commons, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) says it is “aware of two sexual assault complaints filed by travellers while abiding by the government’s hotel quarantine measures since March 1, 2020.”