It also looked at how the agency tested travellers entering Canada and followed up with air passengers who quarantined at government-authorized hotels. But the government’s tracking shortfalls also extend to other border measures, painting an alarming picture of just how well Ottawa is doing keeping COVID-19 outside Canada’s borders. “I’m concerned that this agency is unable to show us whether or not these border measures are effective border measures,” Hogan told reporters when asked what the findings mean for the rapidly spreading Omicron variant. Following Omicron’s discovery at the end of November, the federal government introduced stronger border control measures to crack down on the variant’s spread. Stories have also recently emerged of travellers in quarantine hotels reporting that their basic needs are not being met.

Source: thestar December 10, 2021 02:08 UTC