Ontario man denied boarding, forced to wait for hours after Swoop mistakenly considers him not vaccinated

An Ontario man flying to Edmonton on a Swoop flight says he was denied boarding at the airport and forced to wait for hours because the check-in staff said he was not considered fully vaccinated.

Adrian Logan, who received the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Nov. 10, arrived at Toronto Pearson on Nov. 25 for his flight.

To qualify as a fully vaccinated traveller in Canada, a person must have waited 14 full days since their second dose. 

For example, if a person’s second dose was anytime on Nov. 1, then Nov. 16 would be the first day the traveller meets the fully vaccinated condition. 

Nov. 25 would have been first day the 31-year-old was considered fully vaccinated.