If you have plans to travel this holiday season, you’re being asked to rethink them.
The federal government now advises against all non-essential international travel in the face of the rapidly spreading Omicron variant of COVID-19.
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos made the announcement at a press conference earlier this afternoon.
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc asked Canadians to be cautious.
When it comes to vaccines, shipments of booster doses and rapid tests are being sent to provinces and territories to quickly ramp up campaigns to combat the virus at home.