On November 26, 2021, the Government of Canada suspended all direct flights from seven South African countries due to the new variant of concern of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. These South African countries are South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique.

Passengers, who will travel from these countries to Canada via a third country must be able to demonstrate a pre-departure negative COVID-19 molecular test result regardless of their vaccination status. Canada’s health minister, Jean-Yves Duclos advised people, who travelled to Southern Africa over the past two weeks to get a COVID-19 test and stay in isolation until they receive a negative test result.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/southern-africa-variant-canada-travel-1.6263898

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/oppositions-call-on-government-to-ban-non-essential-travel-from-african-countries-affected-by-new-covid-19-strain

https://www.blogto.com/travel/2021/11/canada-travel-ban-new-africa/