Covid-19: People in Canada Advised to Wear Mask
New Delhi: The Health Authority in Canada – once again advised citizens and residents to wear a mask to prevent the spread of the deadliest virus Covid19. The Public Health Agency of Canada is also reviewing vaccine mandates. These have proven controversial and triggered the Freedom Convoy demonstrations and blockades in February, leading to the government taking the extreme step of imposing an emergency, which was lifted after nine days.
Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam has said that the world has entered a “period of uncertainty” with regard to the pandemic and the coronavirus is still “undergoing evolution”. Therefore, she said, “getting vaccines plus wearing a mask is still a really good idea.”
However, as Tam said these policies were being “reexamined” by the government and it would adopt “a phased approach of removing some of these policies”, there was little clarity on when and even whether they will be lifted in the near future. The mandates apply to the country’s workforce, to those employed in federally-regulated industries, and for travel.
Canada is scrapping its pre-arrival COVID-19 testing requirement for fully vaccinated travelers, the federal government announced on Thursday.
Starting April 1, vaccinated travelers won’t need to track down a COVID-19 test on the last day before their vacation ends.
(VINAYAK)
