Canada Makes Vaccination Not Mandatory for Transportation Workers and Domestic Travellers
Post by : Admin on Jun 28,2022
Almost 90% of eligible Canadians are vaccinated against the COVID-19, thanks to successful vaccination campaigns. COVID cases have gone down and rates of hospitalisation have reduced considerably. Canada, in fact, has one of the highest rates of vaccination in the world. Keeping these positive changes in mind, the Candian Government suspends vaccination requirements for federal government employees, domestic and outbound travel and federally regulated transportation sectors.
The changes are ineffective at the border since the virus is contagious and the risks of infection may vary by country.
What else to stay abreast of?
The vaccination requirements for crew and passengers of cruise ships remain in effect along with other measures like wearing masks. The Canadian government, however, stayed clear that it could reimpose vaccine mandates depending on the public health situation.
Travellers on all Canadian federal modes of transport had to be vaccinated since October 30, 2021. Unvaccinated travellers, however, had a window of 30 days to provide a negative COVID-19 test report and proceed.
Canada also suspends random COVID-19 testing between 11th June and 30th June 2022 at all airports. This is a step to address congestion. Only unvaccinated travellers will need to go through the testing. From July 1st, however, testing will be done offline.
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