Canadian PM announces hotel quarantine measures for air travelers - Global Times

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that mandatory hotel quarantine measures for air travelers into Canada will come into effect on Feb. 22.

The new measures are meant to curb the spread of the new, more transmissible COVID-19 variants.

"We're trying to keep people safe and keeping Canadians safe from the viruses and discouraging all nonessential travel and ensuring that if people do have to travel, they're doing the things that we can be certain are going to prevent the virus from spreading," he said a press conference in Ottawa.

Under the new measures, air travelers entering Canada will be required to take a COVID-19 test at the airport at their own expense.