‘Knee-jerk’ travel restrictions ineffective at protecting Canadians, Liberals should demand greater transparency from China: MP Ellis

Wastewater surveillance projects at international airports and across the country are a 'smoke alarm' for variants of concern, but experts say sustainable infrastructure is needed to better prepare for future pandemics.

Following a wave of COVID-19 infections in the wake of China's easing of its 'zero-COVID' policies, Canada introduced temporary requirements for air travellers from China to provide a negative COVID test result, but the Conservatives say the Liberal government should instead be demanding more epidemiological data from China.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

January 11, 2023

At a time when Canadian airports are already in chaos, the Conservatives are calling the government's decision to reintroduce COVID-19 testing requirements for travellers from China “political theatre” that will do little to protect Canadians. Instead of the apparent “...

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