Holiday Season Vacations Coincide With Rise in COVID-19 Travel Related Cases

Holiday Season Vacations Coincide With Rise in COVID-19 Travel Related Cases
People wearing protective face masks, goggles and Tyvek suits who said they traveled from Colombia wait for a car rental company shuttle, after arriving at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., on Dec. 31, 2020. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—As the federal government prepares to slap new restrictions on international travel, Health Canada data suggest a worrying uptick of infections directly connected to foreign arrivals.

While travel exposures account for less than two per cent of all Canada’s COVID-19 cases, the number of cases in recent travellers, and people they came into close contact with after arriving, shows continual growth in recent months.