Canada will drop its pre-arrival COVID-19 PCR test requirement for fully vaccinated travellers starting Feb. 28, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced today. Duclos said at a press conference on Feb. 15 that fully vaccinated travellers will still be required to take a pre-arrival test, but it can now be a rapid antigen test, as long as it’s lab-administered. Travellers may also still be randomly selected for a PCR test upon arrival. “Fully vaccinated travellers who are selected under the mandatory randomized testing regime will no longer be required to quarantine while awaiting test results,” he said. Duclos said the antigen test must be approved by the country they are coming from, and travellers must take the test no more than 24 hours before their scheduled flight or arrival at the border. For those opting to take a molecular PCR test, it must be conducted no less than 72 hours prior …