Then, two weeks ago, came the announcement of a mandatory, 72-hour hotel quarantine for all international travellers — at their own expense. Try refreshing your browser, or Welcome to hotel of last resort, the government-run quarantine you really want to leave Back to video Yet, more than 5,000 people have already been whisked off to government isolation facilities since the start of the pandemic. More On This Topic Here's how a hotel quarantine in Canada compares with hotel quarantine in other countries Mandatory hotel quarantine for international air travellers not meant to be punitive: Trudeau What landed him there? The test wasn’t accepted and the screening officer at the Calgary airport told him he would need to quarantine in a hotel, Vanegas said. Those who are allowed to leave their mandatory hotel quarantine, either to finish quarantine at home or elsewhere, are then subject to follow-up checks done by private security to make sure they’re abiding by their quarantine plan.

Source: National Post February 16, 2021 11:03 UTC