Travel industry, health experts applaud U.S. decision to allow travellers with mixed doses
CTV
The organization representing Canada's tourism industry is applauding the U.S. government's decision to allow Canadian travellers with mixed vaccine doses once the border opens in November.
On Friday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that travellers with "any combination" of two doses of vaccines approved by the World Health Organization or the U.S. Food and Drug Administration “are considered fully vaccinated.”
Beth Potter, who is president and CEO of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada, says the announcement is "really good news."
"What it does is it provides a little bit more clarity, and this is something that we've talked about a lot. We know now that if you've got that mixed dose, as of November you're going to be able to enter into the United States," she told CTV News Channel on Saturday.
Infectious disease expert Isaac Bogoch of the University Health Network in Toronto says allowing mixed dosed travellers is "a smart and data driven approach."
