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Canada adds Nigeria, Egypt to travel ban list over Omicron variant concerns

Posted by: New Americans Magazine , December 1, 2021

By Alexandra Miekus, Kareem El-Assal and Shelby Thevenot

Canadian health authorities have added Nigeria, Egypt, and Malawi to seven southern African countries their nationals are restricted from coming to Canada to prevent the spread of a new variant, (Omicron) of the COVID-19 virus, according to CICNews.

On November 30, the Canadian government announced several more countries have been added to the list of those currently subject to stricter border measures. The countries added to the list are Nigeria, Egypt, and Malawi. They join a list of seven southern African countries that had restrictive measures imposed on them last Friday.

The 10 affected countries are:

  • Botswana
  • Egypt;
  • Eswatini;
  • Lesotho;
  • Malawi;
  • Mozambique;
  • Namibia;
  • Nigeria;
  • South Africa; and
  • Zimbabwe.

Foreign nationals who have travelled to these countries over the last 14 days will be forbidden from entering Canada. Canadian citizens and permanent residents that have been in any of these countries over the last 14 days will need to receive a negative PCR test in a third country before being allowed to travel to Canada, even if they are fully vaccinated.

Upon arrival to Canada, all Canadians who have been to these countries will have to complete a COVID-19 test. They will also have to quarantine for 14 days and complete a test on day 8.

Travellers arriving by air will need to stay in a designated quarantine facility while they wait on their arrival test results. They will be allowed to leave once their test results come back negative.

Those arriving by land may be allowed to go directly to the quarantine location named on their quarantine plan. If they do not have a suitable quarantine plan, they will have to go to a designated quarantine facility.

In a media release, the government says there will be increased scrutiny of quarantine plans for travellers from these countries and rigorous monitoring to ensure travellers are complying with quarantine measures.

Health Canada will be contacting travellers who have entered Canada from these countries in the past two weeks to tell them they need to get tested and quarantine while they wait on their results.

Travellers from all other countries

All air travellers (except those coming from the U.S.), irrespective of their Canadian immigration and vaccination status, will need to undergo testing at the airport in which they land in Canada. They will need to self-isolate until a negative test has been confirmed. This is in addition to the pre-arrival PCR tests that they need to get within 72 hours of travel to Canada.

These new measures also apply to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, even those that are fully vaccinated. Canadian government ministers said during a press conference they will give further consideration to potentially adding these requirements to travellers entering Canada from the U.S. by air and/or land.

As of November 30, vaccination is required for travel within and outside of Canada. Officials will no longer accept a valid COVID-19 molecular test as an alternative to vaccination unless travellers are exempt due to a medical inability to get vaccinated.

Canadian citizens and permanent residents who depart and re-enter Canada within 72 hours do not have to provide a pre-entry molecular test result. All travellers must still submit their travel documents to the ArriveCAN app on their phones, or on the website.

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