Canada Waives Some Travel Restriction for People Vaccinated with Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca
CANADA is not allowing persons vaccinated with the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine to be exempted from certain travel conditions.
Only persons vaccinated with the Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and the Janssen vaccines will have some travel restrictions waived upon entry into the North American country.
This measure comes into effect on July 5.
The Canadian Public Health Agency stated that person may qualify for certain exemptions to quarantine and testing requirements if they were, eligible to enter Canada, asymptomatic, meet the Government of Canada requirements of fully vaccinated travellers and meet all other entry requirements , including entering information in ArriveCAN portal before arrival.
Those who meet the requirements may be exempted from quarantine, hotel stopover for air travellers and day- eight testing requirement.
The list of vaccines not approved under the fully-vaccinated policy are Bharat Biotech , Cansino, Gamalaya, Sinopharm , Sinopharm-Wuhan, Sinovac, Vector Institute (EpiVacCorona) and any other.
The country is still only allowing travel for essential purposes.
Trinidad and Tobago has been administering the Sinopharm vaccine along with the AstraZeneca and the doses of the Pfizer vaccine donated by the United States.
The Canadian Public Health Agency stated, “To be considered fully vaccinated, you must have received the full series of a vaccine – or a combination of vaccines accepted by the Government of Canada at least 14 days prior to entering Canada. The list of accepted vaccines may expand in the future. If you received your vaccines outside Canada, it’s still accepted but proof of vaccination must be uploaded digitally in ArriveCAN and must only be in French or English, or certified translation into French or English.”
The agency added, “At this time, there are no exemptions from testing, hotel stopover or quarantine for travellers who haven’t received the full series of a vaccine or a combination of vaccines accepted by the Government of Canada.”
And several Caribbean countries will be also added to England’s green list from June 30
These include: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bermuda, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
If entering England before June 30, travellers will have to observe the protocols for the amber listed countries.
