Toronto: Canada is reopening its borders for fully vaccinated people and allow them to travel from Tuesday.
The decision has been taken on the latest available data, scientific evidence and epidemiological situation both in Canada and internationally, according to the country’s Border Services Agency.
As per the details, person received the full series of a vaccine or a combination of vaccines accepted by the Government of Canada (Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Janssen/Johnson & Johnson); and
received your last dose at least 14 days before your arrival to Canada.
Fully vaccinated travellers must also meet all other entry criteria, including submitting all required COVID-19 information into ArriveCAN prior to travel (if arriving by air, information must be submitted before boarding a flight) meeting the pre-entry testing requirements being asymptomatic upon arrival having a paper or digital copy of your proof of vaccination in English or French (or certified translation); and having a suitable quarantine plan, in case you don’t get the exemption or test positive after entry.
Visitors within 72 hours before your arrival to Canada must take a pre-entry COVID-19 molecular test (Antigen tests are not accepted for entry).
The Canadian authorities also revealed that people those have taken Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty, tozinameran, BNT162b2), Moderna (mRNA-1273), AstraZeneca, COVISHIELD (ChAdOx1-S, Vaxzevria, AZD1222) and Janssen/Johnson & Johnson (Ad26.COV2.S) will be allowed to enter the country while vaccines not currently accepted for fully vaccinated status in Canada are Bharat Biotech (Covaxin, BBV152 A, B, C), Cansino (Convidecia, Ad5-nCoV), Gamalaya (Sputnik V, Gam-Covid-Vac), Sinopharm (BBIBP-CorV, Sinopharm-Wuhan), Sinovac (CoronaVac, PiCoVacc)and Vector Institute (EpiVacCorona).
The list of accepted vaccines may expand in the future, authorities said.