Alberta asks travellers from UK to get tested for COVID-19 "immediately"

Alberta health officials are asking anyone who’s arrived from the United Kingdom in the past 14 days to get tested for COVID-19 immediately.

Testing is “strongly encouraged” for anyone in Alberta who’s travelled from the UK in the past two weeks, whether they have symptoms or not.

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Alberta Health Services will be contacting travellers directly to book a test.

“Also, travellers from the United Kingdom who are participating in the border pilot must immediately quarantine, whether they’ve had a negative test or not,” read the statement.

This news comes after Canada closed the border to all flights entering from the UK starting at midnight on December 20th due to a new coronavirus strain.