The Canadian government announced that it will limit travel to southern Africa, a region that has reported cases of a new COVID-19 variant of concern.

November 26, 2021

The Canadian government announced that it will limit travel to southern Africa, a region that has reported cases of a new COVID-19 variant of concern. All foreign nationals who have travelled through the seven affected countries in the last 14 days will not be allowed to enter Canada. The affected nations include South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, and Mozambique.

Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be allowed to return home, but they will have to fly through a third country where they will also need to take a molecular COVID-19 test.