01-29-2021, 07:35 PM
(01-29-2021, 07:29 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(01-29-2021, 03:11 PM)tomh009 Wrote: It seems that there will be another PCR test on arrival, and then the mandatory stay at an approved hotel is just until the test results arrive. After that, the rest of the quarantine is at home, but with "increased surveillance" (follow-up phone calls?) and then another PCR test at day 10. This process is not immediate but will be put in place in the next few weeks or so.
What I heard on the news was as follows:
Negative test -> quarantine at home with actual follow-up
Positive test -> quarantine in government facility
I have to say that my reaction was basically “shouldn’t we have started that last March? Or even February?”.
If we had closed the border completely until we got the above set up, the virus probably wouldn’t even have entered Canada and we could have skipped this whole lockdown. And I’m really not interested in hearing any rights-based whining about this sort of border control.
From the start they should have had tighter border controls. I have an acquaintance that flew down to Florida in May to visit a perspective boyfriend. I mean, they weren't even dating. She did come back and self-quarantine for those 14 days, but why allow travel in the first place?
Borders open for work related stuff only. That means truck drivers delivering goods, and those in the medical field crossing the border. Nothing more.