Latest guidance for Canadians on travel / returning home

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消息来源 CBC

https://www.cbc.ca/news/coronavirus-guide-explainer-1.5497009

Border restrictions are now in place, and some Canadians find themselves stranded abroad as they struggle to find or pay for expensive last-minute tickets. They are fighting to get home from all over the world, from Morocco to Peruand Algeria, and travel agents are scrambling to help. Read more here.

Canadian airlines have started ramping up repatriation flights for those Canadians still abroad, while at the same time reducing domestic flights due to lack of demand. A 450-seat flight from Morocco arrived this weekend, though passengers urged the government to help others still stranded.

Meanwhile, Brett Todd, the mayor of Prescott, Ont., says some snowbirds returning to Canada are stopping to shop instead of going straight home into self-isolation and, in the process, "exposing people to real risk."

Health Minister Patty Hajdu said returning Canadian travellers, starting at midnight March 25, will have to enter a mandatory, 14-day period of isolation under the Quarantine Act. On March 22, she said she would consider criminal penalties for those travellers who don't self-isolate at home for at least 14 days to reduce community spread.

Going beyond international travel, some provinces have recommended isolation for anyone crossing even provincial or territorial borders. The Northwest Territories has opted to fully ban travel into the territory for non-residents, with limited exceptions.