Canada Brings Back Pre-Arrival Testing for Travellers, Lifts Travel Ban on 10 African Countries

Canada Brings Back Pre-Arrival Testing for Travellers, Lifts Travel Ban on 10 African Countries
Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos listens as Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam appears via videoconference during a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic and the Omicron variant, in Ottawa on Dec. 17, 2021. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
Andrew Chen
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The federal government is bringing back requirements for a pre-arrival COVID-19 test for all travellers coming to Canada, while lifting travel bans that had been placed on 10 African countries.

“We need to stay alert and ready to act on changing trends and new information,” Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos said at a press conference on Friday, as he announced two measures related to the rapid transmission of the new Omicron variant.