(CNN) – To limit the transmission of the coronavirus, Canada on Friday announced rules to discourage international travel, especially during spring.
Most incoming travelers must quarantine at government-approved hotels at their own expense, and flights to the Caribbean Caribbean and Mexico are suspended until April.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement as his government responded to new and worrying variants identified in several provinces.
“We will be introducing mandatory PCR tests at the airport for people returning to Canada in the coming weeks as soon as possible. Travelers will then have to wait up to three days in a hotel approved by the government for their own test results. costs., ‘Trudeau said during a press conference in Ottawa.
Those with negative outcomes will be quarantined at home “under significantly increased supervision and enforcement,” he said. “Those with positive tests will have to quarantine immediately in the designated government facilities to make sure they do not have a potential problem.”
These measures increase the existing mandatory 14-day quarantine for most travelers.
The suspension of flights on Canadian airlines to the Caribbean and Mexico begins Sunday and will last until April.