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CALGARY, Alberta, February 3, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — Edmonton pastor Nikki Mathis was forced into quarantine at a government facility despite arriving at Calgary airport with negative COVID-19 test results last week. Her husband, Pastor Chris Mathis, detailed the incident on Facebook, warning that Canadians’ “rights are slipping right before our eyes.”
Although she landed on Thursday, Nikki Mathis appears to have been quarantined under a new policy announced by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the following day, according to The Western Standard.
Trudeau’s latest travel restrictions include mandatory molecular COVID-19 testing and hotel quarantine for all air travelers upon entering the country. Travelers will have to isolate in a designated hotel for up to three days while waiting for their test results, Trudeau said.
The Canadian government already requires that travelers provide negative molecular test results, as well as a “mandatory quarantine plan,” before boarding international flights to Canada. Nikki Mathis arrived with negative results, though they were from a rapid antigen test, her husband related.
Negative COVID test (Photo: Chris Mathis / Facebook)
“[Nikki] was free to travel as long as she had a negative
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