Thread by @CanBorder

1/9 #COVID19: Enhanced screening has been in place at all airports since February and at all 🚗, 🚄and 🚢 ports since early March. Travellers — no matter their country of origin — are assessed on arrival to #Canada. Additional measures include:

2/9 providing instructions for travellers who have been to the Province of #Hubei, #China; #Iran; or #Italy to self-isolate at home for 14 days, and report to local public health within 24 hours of arriving in Canada;

3/9 providing instructions to travellers arriving to Canada from other international destinations to self-monitor for symptoms, and to consider self-isolation for 14 days;

4/9 displaying additional signage to raise traveller awareness at airports;

5/9 offering travellers a general #COVID19 information handout at all ports of entry;

6/9 using health screening questions to identify travellers of concern;

7/9 providing travellers of concern a mask kit consisting of a surgical mask and one-page instructions on how to use a surgical mask;

8/9 working with the support of Public Health Agency of Canada (#PHAC) officers to screen travellers who may pose a risk; and

9/9 screening of travellers who may be unwell in the customs hall and at ports of entry.

For the most up-to-date info on #COVID19:

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