Brent Pin­heiro 

brent.pin­heiro@guardian.co.tt 

Na­tion­als ful­ly vac­ci­nat­ed with Sinopharm will soon be able to trav­el to Cana­da with­out need­ing to quar­an­tine on ar­rival. Yes­ter­day the Gov­ern­ment of Cana­da an­nounced that ef­fec­tive No­vem­ber 30, Sinopharm, Sino­vac, and CO­V­AX­IN would be added to the list of ap­proved COVID-19 vac­cines match­ing the WHO Emer­gency Use List­ing.  
 

To be con­sid­ered ful­ly vac­ci­nat­ed, you must have ei­ther re­ceived at least one dose of the Janssen/John­son & John­son vac­cine, or at least two dos­es of an ap­proved COVID-19 vac­cine. A mix of two ap­proved vac­cines is al­so al­lowed. Your sec­ond dose must be ad­min­is­tered 14 full days pri­or to the day of en­ter­ing Cana­da. A pre-en­try mol­e­c­u­lar COVID-19 test re­sult for all trav­ellers five years of age or old­er re­mains a re­quire­ment for en­try. Anti­gen tests are not ac­cept­ed. 

Any­one wish­ing to en­ter Cana­da can use our lo­cal Min­istry of Health vac­ci­na­tion cards to show proof of vac­ci­na­tion. How­ev­er, it is strong­ly rec­om­mend­ed that you get a WHO In­ter­na­tion­al Cer­tifi­cate of Vac­ci­na­tion or Pro­phy­lax­is (ICVP) card from your near­est CMOH of­fice. A guide on how to get a new one or up­date your ex­ist­ing card is avail­able here.  
 

Be­fore ar­riv­ing in Cana­da, all trav­ellers con­tin­ue to be re­quired to sub­mit their manda­to­ry in­for­ma­tion via Ar­rive­CAN, in­clud­ing proof of vac­ci­na­tion in Eng­lish or French and a quar­an­tine plan. The Gov­ern­ment of Cana­da web­site lists all el­i­gi­bil­i­ty re­quire­ments to en­ter Cana­da; en­sure that you meet all en­try re­quire­ments be­fore head­ing to the air­port. You can check your el­i­gi­bil­i­ty us­ing the Gov­ern­ment of Cana­da trav­el tool.