Unvaccinated truckers delivering vaccines, COVID-19 devices exempt from border rules
CTV
Unvaccinated truckers bringing COVID-19 vaccines and medical devices into Canada to combat the pandemic are exempt from testing and quarantine requirements at the border, a government order says.
The exemption is due to the "urgent public health necessity" of the supplies they are transporting, Health Canada states.
The government has given exemptions from testing and quarantine rules for certain people crossing the border into Canada to help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.
They include unvaccinated and vaccinated people invited by the health minister to help with the COVID-19 "response."
A spokeswoman for Health Canada said in a statement that this exemption requires a ministerial invitation and had been "rarely used." She said it had been used, for example, to help with the supply of ventilators.
