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Canada to remove all COVID-19 restrictions for travelers
CBSN
Canada will lift all remaining COVID-19 restrictions for international and domestic travelers starting Oct. 1, officials announced this week.
The regulatory changes come 2 1/2 years after Canada, like many other countries, first implemented requirements for people entering the country and traveling within it by public transport. Its policies included mask mandates, random testing and vaccination requirements, and were some of the strictest in the world.
While Canada has loosened some COVID-19 requirements for entry into the country since the pandemic began, a number of others have remained in place for both air and rail travelers. Those will formally end on Saturday, the Public Health Agency of Canada said in a news release, which noted that the upcoming shift includes the removal of all entry restrictions, in addition to testing, quarantine and isolation requirements for anyone arriving in Canada, regardless of citizenship status.
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