Canada started to require mandatory hotel quarantine while waiting for negative Covid-19 results in January (read more here) from those arriving by air.
Some Canadians found out that it was cheaper to skip the quarantine that sometimes cost more than C$3,000 by merely paying a fine (read more here) or entering by ground (read more here). Paying for three-night quarantine was essentially a scam because the result came in a day (read more here).
Now, Canada is tweaking the quarantine requirements based on news coming out from Canada.
Fully vaccinated travelers don’t need to self-isolate or stay in a quarantined hotel upon returning to Canada. However, they need to take a Covid-19 test and isolate until the test comes back negative (usually within a day).
Canada should officially make these requirements public later today.
Here’s an excerpt from the CTV News:
Canadians who fly into the country and have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will no longer be forced to self-isolate for 14 days after arriving, and will no longer have to stay in a quarantine hotel, CTV News has confirmed.
Fully vaccinated travellers will still have to take a COVID-19 test upon arriving in Canada and will have to isolate until that test result comes back negative.
The easing of restrictions will apply to any Canadian citizens or permanent residents who have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
After calls to end mandatory hotel quarantines and permit fully vaccinated Canadians to move around more freely were met with reluctance from Health Minister Patty Hajdu, sources say the changes will come into effect in July.
Conclusion
Many Canadians have been vaccinated in the United States that haven’t had a residency or nationality requirement to get the required jab(s).
A friend of mine flew in a family from South America to get vaccinated in the United States (good business for US airlines and hotels in the country).
I would say that this is a sensible move by the Canadian government because, although there is a slight chance that vaccinated can catch the virus, it rarely is fatal.
Finally!
Finally!
Yea was waiting for this , yay.
But the other stupid experiment they are doing on us, telling us to wait 4 months between shots is still an issue. Though there’s also news about that, letting us get them sooner since supply is good, though still a bunch of rules and such about who gets it first even though there’s plenty for everyone.
Ultimately there is no security or checks to get it anyways (they check that your canadian via ID, that’s about it), so we are able to get a second shot sooner without much extra effort than some minor fibs. Pfizer recommends 3 weeks between shots so that’s all we should do imo. There’s no telling if the 4 month thing will ever work since that’s untested.
That’s not so. Canada followed UK in prolonging the time between jabs. The results in these e countries and elsewhere have been successful.
oh wow canada did something almost as good as the uk wow way to set the bar low
You still have to quarantine in a hotel!! There are no changes to the rules yet.
These changes are at least 3 weeks away, maybe more.
And why does this only apply to Canadians? The country is allowing foreigners in for certain reasons, so can I assume this new rule will apply to them as well?
Well… no. Entry to non residents is permitted for specified causes only. Foreign tourists are still generally barred from entering.
Well… no. Entry to non residents is permitted for specified causes only. Foreign tourists are still generally barred from entering.
Hope they open the country for non-residents soon. I have a booking for September 🤞