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Canada allows entry for fully vaccinated foreigners
By Xinhua Published: Sep 08, 2021 07:23 PM
Travelers wearing face masks walk through the arrivals hall at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, on Sept. 7, 2021. Canada began Tuesday to allow entry for fully vaccinated foreigners who have had a full course of a Health Canada-approved COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

Travelers wearing face masks walk through the arrivals hall at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, on Sept. 7, 2021. Canada began Tuesday to allow entry for fully vaccinated foreigners who have had a full course of a Health Canada-approved COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)



 
An airplane prepares to land at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, on Sept. 7, 2021. Canada began Tuesday to allow entry for fully vaccinated foreigners who have had a full course of a Health Canada-approved COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

An airplane prepares to land at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, on Sept. 7, 2021. Canada began Tuesday to allow entry for fully vaccinated foreigners who have had a full course of a Health Canada-approved COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)



 
Travelers wearing face masks are seen at the arrivals hall of Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, on Sept. 7, 2021. Canada began Tuesday to allow entry for fully vaccinated foreigners who have had a full course of a Health Canada-approved COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

Travelers wearing face masks are seen at the arrivals hall of Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, on Sept. 7, 2021. Canada began Tuesday to allow entry for fully vaccinated foreigners who have had a full course of a Health Canada-approved COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)



 
An international traveler presents documents to a healthcare worker at the arrivals hall of Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, on Sept. 7, 2021. Canada began Tuesday to allow entry for fully vaccinated foreigners who have had a full course of a Health Canada-approved COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

An international traveler presents documents to a healthcare worker at the arrivals hall of Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, on Sept. 7, 2021. Canada began Tuesday to allow entry for fully vaccinated foreigners who have had a full course of a Health Canada-approved COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)



 
Healthcare staff work inside a COVID-19 rapid test center at the arrivals hall of Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, on Sept. 7, 2021. Canada began Tuesday to allow entry for fully vaccinated foreigners who have had a full course of a Health Canada-approved COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

Healthcare staff work inside a COVID-19 rapid test center at the arrivals hall of Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, on Sept. 7, 2021. Canada began Tuesday to allow entry for fully vaccinated foreigners who have had a full course of a Health Canada-approved COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)



 
An international traveler enters a COVID-19 rapid test center at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, on Sept. 7, 2021. Canada began Tuesday to allow entry for fully vaccinated foreigners who have had a full course of a Health Canada-approved COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

An international traveler enters a COVID-19 rapid test center at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, on Sept. 7, 2021. Canada began Tuesday to allow entry for fully vaccinated foreigners who have had a full course of a Health Canada-approved COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)


Canada began Tuesday to allow entry for fully vaccinated foreigners who have had a full course of a Health Canada-approved COVID-19 vaccine.

Canada has approved four COVID-19 vaccines: Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Oxford-AstraZeneca, and Johnson & Johnson.

To be eligible, foreigners must have been allowed at least 14 days to pass since their last vaccine shot and show proof of a negative molecular test for COVID-19 that's no more than 72 hours old.

They are also required to use the ArriveCAN app or online web portal to upload their vaccination details.

The Canada Border Services Agency will continue to conduct random tests of foreigners at the border, a surveillance program that has been in place since the phased-in process of easing travel restrictions began earlier this summer.

"While cases are currently increasing in Canada, the illness severity and hospitalization rates remain manageable as Canada's vaccination rates continue to rise," the agency said in a release last week.

Direct flights from India and Morocco will remain suspended until at least later this month. Travelers from either country who take an indirect route to Canada will be required to produce a recent negative molecular test taken in a third country.

As of Monday, there were 1,516,094 cases of COVID-19 reported in Canada, including 27,022 deaths, according to CTV.