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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.
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.