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COVID-19: More than 100 passengers arriving at YVR refuse government's 'mandatory' hotel quarantine
This comes as COVID-sick passengers continue to pour into B.C. and Canada
Author of the article:
Susan Lazaruk, David Carrigg
Publishing date:
Apr 11, 2021 ? 5 minutes ago ? 2 minute read ?
More than 100 passengers arriving at Vancouver International Airport have refused to quarantine at a government-authorized hotel since the ?mandatory? three-day quarantine was introduced on Feb. 22.
This comes as the B.C. Centre for Disease Control reported 23 flights either departing or arriving at Vancouver International Airport with a COVID-sick passenger on board since the start of April.
Public Health Agency of Canada spokesperson Tammy Jarbeau said the agency was aware of 106 tickets that had been issued to travellers arriving in B.C. without having booked a GAA (government-authorized accommodation) hotel ?and subsequently refusing to go to one? since Feb. 22.
Those people face up to $3,000 a day in fines, Jarbeau said. A three-night stay in a GAA costs around $2,500.
It isn?t known how many of those 106 tickets will be paid or how many may be challenged in court.
COVID-sick passengers continue to pour into B.C. and Canada.
According to the BCCDC, there were five flights either arriving or departing YVR on April 1 (Terrace and Victoria to Vancouver and Vancouver to Toronto, Edmonton and Calgary), five flights on April 2 (Vancouver to Toronto, Edmonton and Montreal and Delhi to Vancouver and Edmonton to Vancouver), one on April 3 (Vancouver to Calgary), four on April 4 (Vancouver to Toronto, Toronto to Vancouver and Edmonton and Delhi to Vancouver), two on April 5 (Calgary to Vancouver and Vancouver to Calgary), two on April 6 (Vancouver to Hong Kong and Vancouver to Calgary), three on April 7 (Delhi and Calgary to Vancouver and Vancouver to Toronto) and one on April 8 on an Air Canada flight from Winnipeg.
Jarbeau said that over the past six weeks at least 50 people a day had arrived at Canada?s border and tested positive for the coronavirus...
COVID-19: More than 100 passengers arriving at YVR refuse government's 'mandatory' hotel quarantine
This comes as COVID-sick passengers continue to pour into B.C. and Canada
Author of the article:
Susan Lazaruk, David Carrigg
Publishing date:
Apr 11, 2021 ? 5 minutes ago ? 2 minute read ?
More than 100 passengers arriving at Vancouver International Airport have refused to quarantine at a government-authorized hotel since the ?mandatory? three-day quarantine was introduced on Feb. 22.
This comes as the B.C. Centre for Disease Control reported 23 flights either departing or arriving at Vancouver International Airport with a COVID-sick passenger on board since the start of April.
Public Health Agency of Canada spokesperson Tammy Jarbeau said the agency was aware of 106 tickets that had been issued to travellers arriving in B.C. without having booked a GAA (government-authorized accommodation) hotel ?and subsequently refusing to go to one? since Feb. 22.
Those people face up to $3,000 a day in fines, Jarbeau said. A three-night stay in a GAA costs around $2,500.
It isn?t known how many of those 106 tickets will be paid or how many may be challenged in court.
COVID-sick passengers continue to pour into B.C. and Canada.
According to the BCCDC, there were five flights either arriving or departing YVR on April 1 (Terrace and Victoria to Vancouver and Vancouver to Toronto, Edmonton and Calgary), five flights on April 2 (Vancouver to Toronto, Edmonton and Montreal and Delhi to Vancouver and Edmonton to Vancouver), one on April 3 (Vancouver to Calgary), four on April 4 (Vancouver to Toronto, Toronto to Vancouver and Edmonton and Delhi to Vancouver), two on April 5 (Calgary to Vancouver and Vancouver to Calgary), two on April 6 (Vancouver to Hong Kong and Vancouver to Calgary), three on April 7 (Delhi and Calgary to Vancouver and Vancouver to Toronto) and one on April 8 on an Air Canada flight from Winnipeg.
Jarbeau said that over the past six weeks at least 50 people a day had arrived at Canada?s border and tested positive for the coronavirus...