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Travellers allowed into Canada despite the ban, which has been in force since March, must still quarantine for 14 days.
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Since the beginning of January, they have also had to test negative for Covid-19 before boarding a flight into the country.
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said in a Twitter message that these were “some of the strictest travel restrictions in the world.”
Ottawa and Washington, meanwhile, have a separate arrangement prohibiting non-essential travel between their two countries, which is also set to expire on February 21.
As of Wednesday, Canada had recorded more than 720,000 cases of Covid-19 and more than 18,000 deaths.
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