An Edmonton woman with extreme celiac disease says that she has not eaten for at least 40 hours because she has not received gluten-free food at a quarantine hotel in Toronto.
Janet Game said she last ate around 4:30 a.m. EST on Saturday, Dec. 4, while on a flight from Ethiopia. Janet and her husband Maku Game arrived in Toronto at 7:30 a.m.
on Dec. 4 and were ordered to quarantine until they received a negative COVID-19 test because Maku had been in South Africa 13 days earlier, where the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has spread.
As of Nov. 30, Canada requires those who have been to South Africa within 14 days to stay at a designated quarantine facility while they await the results of an arrival test, even if they are fully