{"id":160098,"date":"2022-09-29T11:32:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T15:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=160098"},"modified":"2022-09-29T11:32:13","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T15:32:13","slug":"government-of-canada-to-remove-covid-19-border-and-travel-measures-effective-october-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/government-of-canada-to-remove-covid-19-border-and-travel-measures-effective-october-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Government of Canada to remove COVID-19 border and travel measures effective October 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Government of Canada has taken a layered approach to border management to protect the health and safety of Canadians. As the pandemic situation has continued to evolve, adjustments to border measures have been informed by the latest evidence, available data, operational considerations, and the epidemiological situation, both in Canada and internationally. Today the Government of Canada announced the removal of all COVID-19 entry restrictions, as well as testing, quarantine, and isolation requirements for anyone entering Canada, effective October 1, 2022.<\/p>\n

The removal of border measures has been facilitated by a number of factors, including modelling that indicates that Canada has largely passed the peak of the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 fuelled wave, Canada\u2019s high vaccination rates, lower hospitalization and death rates, as well as the availability and use of vaccine boosters (including new bivalent formulation), rapid tests, and treatments for COVID-19.<\/p>\n

Effective October 1, 2022, all travellers, regardless of citizenship, will no longer have to:<\/p>\n