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COVID-19: Ottawa under fire for changes to border rules

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The federal government says American visitors will still need a PCR test and there’s a new mandate for truckers, considered essential workers, who go back and forth over the border.

They’ll have to be vaccinated for COVID-19.

Fully vaccinated Canadians returning from trips longer than 72 hours will still be required to show proof of a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test upon return.

“With more Canadians getting vaccinated every day, we can move forward, though cautiously, towards a more open border, economy and society,” said Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos during a press conference Friday.

As David Akin reports, this patchwork of rules has irked the travel industry.

For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/8387108/canada-scrapping-pcr-covid-test-short-trips/

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