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Phased Easing of COVID-19 Border Restrictions and Post-Arrival Testing Requirements

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CountryCanada
Operative dateFebruary 28, 2022
CategoryBorder control / health screening
Policy toolBorder directive
Affected groupAll inbound international travellers

Policy effect

Relaxes federal border measures by allowing fully vaccinated travellers to use rapid antigen tests (RATs) taken within one day of arrival instead of molecular PCR tests, transitioning mandatory on-arrival testing to random surveillance selection, and eliminating mandatory quarantine while awaiting on-arrival test results.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: Relaxes federal border measures by allowing fully vaccinated travellers to use rapid antigen tests (RATs) taken within one day of arrival instead of molecular PCR tests, transitioning mandatory on-arrival testing to random surveillance selection, and eliminating mandatory quarantine while awaiting on-arrival test results.

Official source excerpt

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… representing the beginning of a phased easing of travel restrictions. The ability of the country to transition to a new phase at the border is a result of the actions of tens of millions of Canadians across the country who followed public health measures, including getting themselves and their families vaccinated. As of February 28, 2022 at 12:01 a.m. EST: - We will be easing the on-arrival testing for fully-vaccinated travellers. This means that travellers arriving to Canada from any country, who qualify as [fully vaccinated](https://travel.gc.ca/travel-covid/travel-restrictions/covid-vaccinated-travellers-entering-canada#determine-fully), will be randomly selected for arrival testing. Travellers selected will also no longer be required to quarantine while awaiting their test result. - Children under 12 years old, travelling with fully vaccinated adults, will continue to be exempt from quarantine, without any prescribed conditions limiting their activities. This means, for example, they no longer need to wait 14 days before attending school, camp or daycare. - Unvaccinated travellers will continue to be required to test on arrival, on Day 8 and quarantine for 14 days. Unvaccinated foreign nationals will not be permitted to enter Canada unless they meet one of the few exemptions. - Travellers will now have the option of using a COVID-19 rapid antigen test result (taken the day prior to their scheduled flight or arrival at the land border or marine port of entry) or a molecular test result (taken no more than 72 hours before their scheduled flight or arrival at the land border or marine port of entry) to meet pre-entry requirements. Taking a rapid antigen test at home is not sufficient to meet the pre-entry requirement – it must be authorized by the country in which it was …
Government of CanadaPublic Health Agency of Canada, "Government of Canada lightens border measures as part of transition of the pandemic response," News Release, February 15, 2022.Open official source
Retrieved from https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/news/2022/02/government-of-canada-lightens-border-measures-as-part-of-transition-of-the-pandemic-response.html

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