Posted: Feb 04, 2021 3:25 PM ET | Last Updated: February 4
Six Nations has directed members who just crossed the border to isolate for 14 days. (sixnationscovid19.ca)
Six Nations is raising concerns after noting community members are consistently travelling across the border and disregarding self-isolation orders when they return.
Six Nations Police Services receives a list of members travelling from the Canada Borders Services Agency (CBSA) and conducts a check on them to ensure they are abiding by the 14-day quarantine period. In addition to the steady stream of community members travelling across the border, Ohsweken Public Health is also noticing some individuals are not staying home when they are self-isolating or under quarantine related to exposure to COVID-19 or because they travelled recently, Six Nations said in a news release.
Ottawa says COVID border controls are sufficient despite complaints from Ontario - Canada News castanet.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from castanet.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Published Tuesday, December 22, 2020 3:29PM EST Last Updated Tuesday, December 22, 2020 9:11PM EST MONTREAL - The federal government defended its approach to securing Canada s border against COVID-19 on Tuesday as Ontario Premier Doug Ford once again called for more testing at points of entry. Canada s border controls - and the 14-day quarantine requirement for returning travellers - are among the strictest in the world, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair told reporters. “Over the past few days, we ve heard a number of comments which, frankly, are an unfortunate misrepresentation of what is actually happening at our borders,” Blair said. “COVID-19 cases related to international travel currently account for only 1.8 per cent of all cases. That means 98.2 per cent of COVID transmissions are a result of community transmissions, not international travel.”
The federal government defended its approach to securing Canada s border against COVID-19 on Tuesday as Ontario Premier Doug Ford once again called for more testing at points of entry.
Canada s border controls and the 14-day quarantine requirement for returning travellers are among the strictest in the world, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair told reporters. Over the past few days, we ve heard a number of comments which, frankly, are an unfortunate misrepresentation of what is actually happening at our borders, Blair said. COVID-19 cases related to international travel currently account for only 1.8 per cent of all cases. That means 98.2 per cent of COVID transmissions are a result of community transmissions, not international travel.
MONTREAL - The federal government defended its approach to securing Canada s border against COVID-19 on Tuesday as Ontario Premier Doug Ford once again called for more testing at points of entry.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford holds a press conference at Queen s Park during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
MONTREAL - The federal government defended its approach to securing Canada s border against COVID-19 on Tuesday as Ontario Premier Doug Ford once again called for more testing at points of entry.
Canada s border controls and the 14-day quarantine requirement for returning travellers are among the strictest in the world, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair told reporters.