{"id":40082,"date":"2020-12-14T09:14:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T14:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=40082"},"modified":"2020-12-14T09:14:13","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T14:14:13","slug":"covid-19-tests-no-longer-publically-funded-for-outbound-international-travellers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/14\/covid-19-tests-no-longer-publically-funded-for-outbound-international-travellers\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 tests no longer publically funded for outbound international travellers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Ontario Government in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health and other experts has made it more difficult for outbound international travellers. Effective December 11, 2020, individuals requesting a COVID-19 test for international travel clearance are no longer eligible for a publicly funded COVID-19 test in Ontario.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Government explains that this step is to &#8220;ensure taxpayer dollars are appropriately allocated to key priorities and to preserve capacity within the provincially funded COVID-19 testing network. The province continues to provide testing to anyone who needs a test per provincial testing guidelines at no cost. This includes people who are symptomatic, or people who have been in contact with someone who has symptoms.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic has changed, we have continued to adapt our approach to testing and the services we have made available,&#8221; said Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. &#8220;While international travellers are no longer eligible to receive a publicly funded COVID-19 test, we remain committed to ensuring that anyone who needs a test can get one quickly, at no cost.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Should a person require international travel that demands a COVID-19 test, the traveller is reminded to leave ample time for testing and to receive results from the test provider.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ontario Government in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health and other experts has made it more difficult for outbound international travellers. Effective December 11, 2020, individuals requesting a COVID-19 test for international travel clearance are no longer eligible for a publicly funded COVID-19 test in Ontario. The Government explains that this step &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-29 13:00:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40082"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40083,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40082\/revisions\/40083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}