Experts question Ottawa’s negative COVID-19 test for air travellers from ChinaCanada's requirement of a negative COVID-19 test of travellers from China will not help in preventing new variants or the spread of the virus, say experts. The federal government said Saturday that people coming from China, Hong Kong and Macao will have to test negative for COVID-19 before leaving for Canada. Bogoch said it would have helped if China had been transparent with their COVID-19 data, variants, vaccines and spread. "But let's not pretend that requiring travellers from China to have a negative PCR test before coming to Canada will have any impact on the Canadian experience with COVID-19," he said. While not a popular view, Furness said it would be much more effective if all governments required negative COVID-19 tests and vaccinations on all flights.

Source: National Post January 01, 2023 19:31 UTC