Laura Osman
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Reporter with The Canadian Press
Auditor finds Canada failed to enforce COVID border safety measures
The auditor general has found Canada failed to adequately enforce border measures designed to keep international travellers from importing cases of COVID-19 into the country, just as the government reintroduces several stringent rules in response to the spreading Omicron variant.
Travellers now allowed to give ArriveCan info at the border
Travellers who can't access the government's ArriveCan app, or simply forget to fill it out, may start to receive some clemency at the border after Canada's public safety minister gave new instructions to border officials to allow people to provide their travel details in person.
Canada prepared to manufacture Merck COVID antivirals
Merck Canada has invested $19 million to scale up production of its antiviral drug at Thermo Fisher Scientific's facility in Whitby, Ont.
New COVID booster guidelines to be issued as Omicron spreads
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is set to release new guidance this morning on the use of COVID-19 vaccine boosters as public health faces down the threat of the Omicron variant.
All air travellers, except from U.S., now require COVID test at airport
All air travellers entering Canada, except for those coming from the United States, will now need to be tested for COVID-19 upon arrival at the airport and isolate until they get their results, even if they are fully vaccinated against the virus.
G7 health ministers keep close watch on Omicron variant
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and his counterparts from other G7 countries agreed on Monday, November 29, 2021, to closely monitor and share information about the highly mutated Omicron variant of COVID-19.
No more unvaccinated passengers on Canada's planes and trains
Unvaccinated travellers over the age of 12 won't be able to board a plane or train in Canada beginning today, November 30, 2021, and a negative COVID-19 test will no longer serve as a substitute for most people.
Canada on board for international pandemic treaty
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says Canada supports the development of a new global convention on pandemic preparedness and response that will be debated at a special meeting of the World Health Assembly today, November 29, 2021.
New 'Omicron' variant prompts Canada to ban visitors from southern Africa
Canada is closing its borders to visitors from southern Africa after the discovery of a concerning new COVID-19 variant was detected in the region.
Canada tossed more than a million COVID-19 vaccine doses
An informal survey of provincial health ministries shows that at least one million doses of Canada's COVID-19 vaccine supply have gone to waste.