The federal government will require travellers from China, Hong Kong, and Macao to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test before flying to Canada starting on Jan. 5.
“In response to the surge of COVID-19 in the People’s Republic of China and given the limited epidemiological and viral genomic sequence data available on these cases, the Government of Canada intends to put in place certain temporary health measures for air travellers entering Canada from China,” the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) said in a statement on Dec. 31.
