Does anyone know if their DLI will be on the list?
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If that would be a requirement, I would gladly spend 50 bucks on taking a test in an airport in Ukraine (this is how much COVID test costs) in order to finish late-night madness studies
Given the covid case count in quebec and how businesses are being told to close it would be very tough to justify a large influx of students. The plan was made when covid numbers were lower and he governemnt was under a lot of pressure from both international students and schools. It is really tough to make plans when the situation is so fluid.
I assume the government is not requiring tests because they can be difficult to get in some cities/countries but many other countries require the test before boarding a plane to their country so it would be a reasonable request. A test 24-72hrs before departure still leaves a lot of time for infection but it would likely catch some cases. There have been many flights that have arrived with positive cases and we have many international students arriving from covid hot spots like the US and India. Personally would like anyone arriving, even citizens and PRs, to take a covid test before coming to Canada and require anyone entering to have health insurance that covers covid treatment. Testing can be free but any visitor should have covid coverage in case they get sick because treatment can be very expensive.
That is the purpose quarantine though maybe they should also require test results two days before, so they will eliminate any further spread. Current border restrictions are completely political. Students are not likely to occupy health system when we consider statistics, the uncontrolled border is the problem.
Bishop's is quite isolated and is a small school so it is easier to plan but withe high level of covid in Quebec and businesses beinf forced to close to stop the spread of covid the government is in a tough spot. They don't want to increase their cases by bringing people from all over the world because there are lilely to be covid cases and it is hard to justify allowing more people to enter Canada while tellimg businesses they must close.
Quarantine doesn't stop covid or it's impact on Canada. If infected people enter they could have spread it to contacts in the airport or on the plane and unfortunately some are not following quarantine rules or quarantining with their family or with a group of people. There have been whole large household who have gotten infected. If all those people get infected that puts a lot of pressure on the healthcare system since some will need hospitalization. One of the issues with covid is that the people who get really sick spend a long time in the ICU and there are limitted ICU beds. The really sick covid patients need so much support and stay in the ICU for a long time. Most ICU stays are only a few days.
All of the schools are likely to be approves it just depends when. I would assume if cases are still high there will be a reluctance to approve schools. Many of these schools are in small cities at every corner of Canada. These smaller communities don't have ICU beds and students arriving will be at risk of spreading covid when they try to get to their schools across the country.
There is no scientific evidence that the passengers with mask infect each other, it is completely your assumption. Additionally, people who got incubated are largely very old people(70-90), which none of students are and none of students will bring their nannies with them. It is completely politically motivated action.
The fact remains the vast majority of covid infections are not caused by those arriving by plane into Canada but family transmission. University tudents are far more likely to comply and quarantine than other international travellers as universities depend upon students for income and currently their income is seriously cut by lack of international students, so universities will be far better at getting compliance of their students than other types of arriving passenger.
Exactly. And how many of the international students who did arrive in Canada this Summer brought covid with them and infected others when they arrived?
Asymptomatic patients who wear masks are 100% unlikely to transmit the virus to anyone. Patients who show symptoms like cough are the ones who are able to transmit the virus.