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February 12, 2021

Do Canada's Travel Restrictions Make Sense?

The Trudeau government has introduced new travel restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19. But how well do those measures address the situation? Steve Paikin speaks with Kelley Lee, Simon Fraser University's Canada Research Chair in Global Health Governance, who is helping the Pandemics & Borders global project; along with Frederic Dimanche, director of Ryerson University's Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management

February 10, 2021

Canada has tough new COVID-19 restrictions for air travellers. Why don’t the same rules apply at the land border?

Canada needs to set tougher restrictions immediately for people coming into the country by land if it’s serious about stopping the spread of COVID-19 variants, experts say.

February 8, 2021

Uber Founder Launches Luxury Airline So Rich People Can Go on COVID Vacations

“It feels a bit tone-deaf,” said Lee, who studies and compares pandemic responses around the world. Lee said there is no safe way to travel at this stage of the pandemic, especially with new variants emerging that are significantly more contagious. The U.S. has some of the weakest travel measures, and the country’s infection numbers reflect that.

February 5, 2021

Covid: could Britain have been more like New Zealand?

Island nation status could facilitate border controls to eradicate virus and ease lockdown restrictions

Kitchener Today

February 3, 2021

Stricter measures needed to control spread of COVID-19 from international travellers: global health policy expert

As Ottawa readies its new list of travel restrictions, testing and quarantine rules, COVID variants require a more robust, accurate system

February 3, 2021

Experts warned of new COVID-19 variants. Why did Ottawa wait for stricter travel rules?

Global News contacted four major airlines and federal, provincial and local health authorities in the provinces where most international flights have landed to determine what, if any, contact tracing efforts are underway to warn passengers they may have been exposed to COVID-19 because someone with a confirmed case of the virus is identified as having boarded a commercial flight.