Two infectious diseases physicians have joined forces with the travel industry to call for an end to Canada’s pre and post-arrival COVID-19 testing requirements for fully vaccinated travellers.
Over the past several months, members of the beleaguered travel industry have repeatedly lobbied Ottawa to relax its travel restrictions.
At a news conference held at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on Thursday, Dr. Dominik Mertz and Dr. Zain Chagla — along with the Tourism Industry Association of Canada — argued that Canada’s testing requirements for travellers are pointless, because Omicron has already spread across the country.
“The risk for the average traveller coming in is in the same
