Questions Raised About Value of Random COVID-19 Tests for Travellers

Questions Raised About Value of Random COVID-19 Tests for Travellers
A passenger from Air India flight 187 from New Delhi arrives at Pearson Airport in Toronto on April 21, 2021. The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn
The Canadian Press
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Infectious disease experts are at odds over how valuable it is to randomly test travellers arriving in Canada for COVID-19, as the federal government relaunched its mandatory testing program.

The government put a pause on random testing at airports in June as long customs delays caused chaos at Canada’s airports, but relaunched the program on Tuesday at four major airports: Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver and Montreal.