Fully vaccinated Canadian travellers have been excluded from plans to ease quarantine restrictions for entry in the United Kingdom.
The U.K. announced recently that fully vaccinated travellers in the United States or Europe would not have to quarantine when they arrive in the U.K.
The changes will take effect from 4 a.m. on August 2.
The British government did not give a reason why Canada was not included in the new quarantine exceptions.
The European countries involved in the exceptions include European Union member states, members of the European free trade agreement and the microstate countries of Andorra, Monaco and Vatican City.
British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the new measures are meant to help family members visit each other, and to help businesses benefit from increased trade.
Shapps said: “We’ve taken great strides on our journey to reopen international travel and today is another important step forward.
“We will of course continue to be guided by the latest scientific data but thanks to our world-leading domestic vaccination programme, we’re able to look to the future and start to rebuild key transatlantic routes with the US while further cementing ties with our European neighbours.”
