The ability to screen travellers is a key component for countries thinking about easing border restrictions as COVID-19 continues to spread, and public health officials have been stationed at major airports to assist with screening travellers. But along the Canada-U.S. border, where only essential travel is allowed, anyone exhibiting COVID-like symptoms is screened by health officials over the phone. “My understanding is there’s not a sufficient number of officers at Health Canada and (the Public Health Agency of Canada) to be on site. We’ve been asking, even at land border (crossings), to have PHAC (Public Health Agency of Canada) officers on site. They’re still not there.”Health Minister Patty Hajdu’s office could not immediately say how many public health officials have been committed to helping border officials screen travellers in person.

Source: thestar May 14, 2020 22:12 UTC