CALGARY — Hundreds of people who flew into or out of Calgary since Dec. 21 may have been exposed to a passenger infected with COVID-19, government data shows. The information, posted on the Government of Canada’s website, has recorded all the possible points where Canadians may have been exposed to a positive case of COVID-19 while travelling through the country.
Since Dec. 21, there has been at least one confirmed case of the illness onboard 29 domestic and international flights going through Calgary International Airport.
New Testing Won’t Affect Alberta’s Rapid Pilot
A new mandatory pre-flight COVID-19 testing procedure, set to come into affect on Jan. 7, 2021, will not replace the rapid testing pilot program installed at Calgary International Airport, the Alberta government says.The Government of Canada announced on Thursday that all travellers, aged five and up, returning to Canada will need to secure COVID-19 testing several days prior to their flight back home.
Even if the test is negative, the travellers should be prepared to quarantine at home for 14 days, as per federal regulations.However, those returning to Canada through Calgary International Airport will still be allowed to skip the two-week quarantine, but it is going to require another two tests.
“The new pre-departure testing introduced by the federal government does not replace the need to quarantine on arrival or undergo testing if an individual wishes to be in our pilot,” said Jessica Luchenko with Alberta Health.
Under the province’s International Border Testing Pilot Program, travellers may submit to testing immediately upon arrival and then again on day six or seven of their prescribed quarantine period.
Source: cbc-ca.
