Calls to ditch the ArriveCan app continue from tech and medical experts as well as travelers
Calls to abandon the ArriveCan app continue from tech and medical experts as well as travelers, even after the federal government fixed a technical problem that prompted some users to quarantine unnecessarily.
Although the flaw was fixed last Wednesday, social media platforms are littered with posts from passengers complaining that the app as a whole is not user-friendly.
The union representing border services agents estimates that 30 percent of cross-border crossers have not completed it, lengthening the processing times for travelers during what has been a chaotic travel season.
Dr. Andrew Morris, a professor of infectious diseases at the University of Toronto, says he has “no idea” why Ottawa would continue to require enforcement, adding that random testing has “zero impact” on containing the spread of COVID- 19.
The government announced last month that ArriveCan, where users enter their travel information up to 72 hours before arrival in Canada, would be mandatory until at least September 30.
Random testing, which is communicated via email associated with an ArriveCan user, resumed at the country’s four largest airports last Tuesday just five weeks after the hiatus.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published on July 25, 2022.
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