Vaccinated travellers won't need COVID-19 test to enter Canada as of April 1
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Vaccinated travellers will no longer need to show a COVID-19 test to enter Canada beginning April 1, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos officially announced Thursday.
Vaccinated travellers will no longer need to show a COVID-19 test to enter Canada beginning April 1, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos officially announced Thursday.
The change is being made at the tail end of the Omicron wave in Canada, as new reported cases of COVID-19 have declined since mid-January.
Duclos said the change is possible because of Canada's high vaccination rates and fewer cases of the virus being detected at the border.
"Over the last few weeks we've seen a significant decrease in the rate of positivity of travellers entering into Canada," Duclos said at a briefing Thursday.
While the positivity rate at airports was about 10 per cent in January, it has since fallen to about one per cent, Duclos said.
Incoming tourists will still need to be vaccinated to visit Canada, and all inbound travellers must also upload their details to the ArriveCan app.
