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By Canadian Press

Anyone flying to Canada will need a negative COVID test starting Jan. 7

Dec 31, 2020 | 4:26 PM

OTTAWA, ONT – Anyone arriving in Canada starting January 7th will need to have a negative COVID-19 test before boarding a flight.

The federal government has released details a day after cabinet ministers decided that Canada would join other countries in making a negative PCR test a travel requirement.

Flyers aged five and up will need to have a negative test within 72 hours of their scheduled departure and must show the results to their airline before they board their flight.

Travellers may have to quarantine in a federal facility if they have inadequate isolation plans for the mandatory 14-day quarantine.

The government says the January 7th start date is designed to provide airlines with enough time to comply with the new rules.

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