多伦多机场开始免费检测入境旅客

1月6日,安大略省省长福特举行新闻发布会

 

记者会问答 Q&A session

疫苗接种情况

今日记者会上,有人问疫苗接种计划的进展。对此,省长表示:“我们昨天给1万人打了疫苗。在之后的日子里我们会继续提升接种速度。但是,我们手上需要更多疫苗才行。我们将会在下一批疫苗到手前24小时收到有关通知,不过这批货也就能用到下周。我们收到的上一批疫苗明天就会用完,最迟也不过周五。所以说,我们需要更多疫苗。我知道联邦政府正在竭尽所能,拿到更多疫苗。我昨天晚上和副总理好好谈了一谈,知道她在非常卖命的办事,就像总理和其他人一样。我们需要一起努力,但是我们越快给大家接种疫苗,我们就越安全。”
省长补充:“我想强调一点,我们没有闲置任何一批疫苗。相反,我们疫苗都快用完了。”

 

边境安全 border security

机场检测旅客

省府已在多伦多皮尔逊国际机场开展全新的边境检测试点项目。如果国际旅客由国外返回安省,并且符合项目资格,便可以参与项目。项目是以自愿为基础,并且不收取任何费用。省府可借此快速识别病毒和阻止病毒在省内传播。

鉴于入境旅客给本省所带来风险日益增大(如可能传播英国新病株),因此省府决定兑现承诺,在机场快速落实检测项目,来阻止病毒传播。

自即日起,省府将与大多伦多机场管理局(GTAA)携手努力,以自愿为基础,为旅客提供免费检测,而具体适用对象为至少需要停留14日的入境旅客。

若旅客符合资格,可以提前报名参加该项目,或者选择在抵达机场时完成报名。如果选择参与试验项目,参与者可以免费接受PCR检测,过程由旅客自己操作,且结果需要送往实验室分析。检测过程中,将由一名医疗护理提供者当面或以视频形式来指导旅客操作。

具体而言,医疗护理机构Switch Health将在机场内设立专用场所,监督旅客完成自我检测。一直以来,是该机构在皮尔区和Windsor-Leamington地区检测民众。省府亦认为该机构有能力执行该试验项目,足以在所要求时间内完成所需检测量。

检测结果将于48小时内被上传至安省实验室信息系统(OLIS),并且当地公共卫生机构将对确诊病例采取后续行动。无论检测结果呈阳性或阴性,所有国际旅客仍必须遵守联邦政府规定,抵埠后在家强制隔离14日。

目前,联邦政府已经要求赴加旅客在登机前提供检测结果呈阴性证明,且必须是登机前72小时内完成检测。因此,省府此举是在联邦政府政策基础上再进一步。

目前,省府已确认从境外传入英国新病株。因此,省府将继续与联邦公共卫生署和其他政府保持联络,观察形势发展,确保采取一致、有效手段来护佑民众健康。

 

英语原文一

When asked about the vaccination plan, the Premier said: “We did over 10,000 vaccinations as of Yesterday, we are continuing ramping it up. We need more vaccines. We are going to run out of the shipment that is landing that we got 24 hours notice on, and that is going to be gone next week. The previous shipment we are going to run out tomorrow or Friday at the latest. So we need more vaccines, and I know the federal government is doing everything they can to get those vaccines. I had a good conversation with the deputy prime minister last night. She is working her back off as usual, as the PM and everyone is. We are all working together, but the quicker we can get the vaccines to people arms, the safer we would be. ”

The Premier added: “I just want to clarify something, there is no vaccine sitting in any freezers. We are running out of vaccines.”

英语原文二

The Ontario government is launching a new innovative, voluntary and free border testing pilot program at Toronto Pearson International Airport for eligible international travellers returning to Ontario to help quickly identify and stop the spread of COVID-19 in the province.

Recognizing the increased risk that inbound international travellers may pose, including the potential to spread the new UK COVID-19 variant, the government is fulfilling its commitment to quickly implement airport testing to help contain this deadly virus. Beginning today, the province, in partnership with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, will offer free and voluntary COVID-19 testing for international travellers arriving and staying in the province for at least 14 days.

Eligible travellers will be able pre-register for the program or proceed to get tested when they arrive at the airport. Those choosing to participate in the pilot will receive a free, self-collected lab-based polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test and be supervised by a health care provider either in-person or by video as the traveller self-administers the test. Switch Health, will provide the monitored self-swabbing tests in a convenient and dedicated space in the airport. Switch Health has been delivering testing services in the Windsor-Leamington area and Peel Region, and can support the needed volumes and timing requirements for the testing pilot.

Test results will be reported into Ontario’s Lab Information System within 48 hours and local public health units will follow up on all positive tests. All international travellers will continue to be required to follow the federal requirement for a mandatory 14-day quarantine after arriving or returning to Canada, regardless if they have a negative or positive test.

This program is in addition to the new Government of Canada pre-departure requirement for travellers bound to Canada to demonstrate proof of negative COVID-19 results from a test taken within three days prior to departure.

With the confirmation of cases of the COVID-19 UK Variant stemming from inbound international travel, the province continues to be in constant contact with the Public Health Agency of Canada and other jurisdictions to monitor the developing situation related to the COVID-19 UK Variant and ensure coordinated, effective and shared efforts to protect and safeguard the public.

来源:PC Caucus Doug Ford 2020年1月6日