Vaccine for travel purpose?
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Vaccine for travel purpose?
Hi all! May I know which vaccine will be useful for future travel purposes? I've not been vaccinated and planning to take the vaccine soon. I'm confused to choose the vaccine. Please share your opinions.
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Where are you planning on travelling to?
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That's a very good point about wether you can choose what type of vaccines you can get, by this I mean, for example, can you get both Pfizer, or both Moderna, or is it a case of you get what is available? (I had Pfizer for my first dose, and Moderna for my second dose, no choice was offered, and I was fine with that. My girlfriend had Pfizer for both of her doses)
I think some countries do not recognize you as being fully vaccinated unless it's two doses of the same vaccine, eg Pfizer and Pfizer. I also believe that some Cruise Liner companies sailing from the USA also do not see people as being fully vaccinated unless both doses are the same. Therefore you should check what the requirements are for wherever you are going to travel to.
I'm hopeful that things will be changed shortly, so that a mix of vaccines is recognized as being fully vaccinated.
I think some countries do not recognize you as being fully vaccinated unless it's two doses of the same vaccine, eg Pfizer and Pfizer. I also believe that some Cruise Liner companies sailing from the USA also do not see people as being fully vaccinated unless both doses are the same. Therefore you should check what the requirements are for wherever you are going to travel to.
I'm hopeful that things will be changed shortly, so that a mix of vaccines is recognized as being fully vaccinated.
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Really? That's going to be a problem then as I've had Pfizer and Moderna. Can you point me towards any further info on the subject?
To the OP, Assuming you are in Canada, then your province will dictate what you get. Here (Nfld) we've been interchanging Moderna and Pfizer based on supply. I think it's quite common across Canada for people with a first jab of AZ to have had a second jab of either Pfizer or Moderna.
To the OP, Assuming you are in Canada, then your province will dictate what you get. Here (Nfld) we've been interchanging Moderna and Pfizer based on supply. I think it's quite common across Canada for people with a first jab of AZ to have had a second jab of either Pfizer or Moderna.
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"The United Kingdom also recognizes COVISHIELD. However, fully vaccinated Canadians travelling to the region still must quarantine — no matter what type of vaccine they have. Although the U.K. now exempts fully vaccinated Americans and Europeans from quarantine, it has yet to extend the same privilege to Canadians."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cov...avel-1.6122633
I suppose it'll change day-tp-day.
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I got that from my brother, an admittedly unreliable source, who has postponed a trip believing that the hodge-podge of drugs in him won't count. The CBC doesn't think the UK recognizes any vaccinations delivered in Canada:
"The United Kingdom also recognizes COVISHIELD. However, fully vaccinated Canadians travelling to the region still must quarantine — no matter what type of vaccine they have. Although the U.K. now exempts fully vaccinated Americans and Europeans from quarantine, it has yet to extend the same privilege to Canadians."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cov...avel-1.6122633
I suppose it'll change day-tp-day.
"The United Kingdom also recognizes COVISHIELD. However, fully vaccinated Canadians travelling to the region still must quarantine — no matter what type of vaccine they have. Although the U.K. now exempts fully vaccinated Americans and Europeans from quarantine, it has yet to extend the same privilege to Canadians."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cov...avel-1.6122633
I suppose it'll change day-tp-day.
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Yeah, UK hasn't yet (hopefully yet) recognised any vaxed Canadians or UK Citizens in Canada as being free from quarantine restriction from an Amber country. The blurb on the FCO website talks about US and EU Citizens have completed a course of FDA or EU Medicines Agency approved vaccine. Again hopefully when they recognise that Canada has a high vaccination rate and a lower Covid incidence and change things, they will recognise our hodge podge of vaccines given that Health Canada are OK with it. Fingers crossed.
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We didn't have a choice in BC .............. I had Pfizer for my first jab, then was automatically given a pink sticker o wear at registering for my second, no information as to why
Turned out pink sticker was for Pfizer and yellow was for Moderna, but it was only after I was pulled out of the line-up and taken into the vaccination area that I released that.
There were more people getting the Moderna jab at the time that I was there, so I got through faster.
It seems that Coastal Health, at least, preferred giving the same vaccine for both jabs. At first, we were given whichever vaccine was available so people did get mixed doses, but that now there are similar amounts of Pfizer and Moderna, the preference from the health authorities is to have the same one for the second dose. AZ was only available for a short time.
Turned out pink sticker was for Pfizer and yellow was for Moderna, but it was only after I was pulled out of the line-up and taken into the vaccination area that I released that.
There were more people getting the Moderna jab at the time that I was there, so I got through faster.
It seems that Coastal Health, at least, preferred giving the same vaccine for both jabs. At first, we were given whichever vaccine was available so people did get mixed doses, but that now there are similar amounts of Pfizer and Moderna, the preference from the health authorities is to have the same one for the second dose. AZ was only available for a short time.
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That was an interesting read and a change I wasn’t aware of. But the biggest stumbling block at present is that the UK classes Canada as amber so vaccine status is irrelevant and quarantine and testing is required. I accept though that once that changes, vaccine mixing will be the next obstacle. Let’s hope it’s being reviewed in parallel.
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That was an interesting read and a change I wasn’t aware of. But the biggest stumbling block at present is that the UK classes Canada as amber so vaccine status is irrelevant and quarantine and testing is required. I accept though that once that changes, vaccine mixing will be the next obstacle. Let’s hope it’s being reviewed in parallel.
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Something else I read this morning is that the UK government is reducing the price of its test packages and is looking for private companies to follow suit. Also that they’re investigating the companies currently on its recommended testing list, regarding price, service, performance etc.
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Now I’m confused as it appears if you are on the green list you don’t need to prove vax status at all. So now I have to hope that Canada goes into the green list …. Which seems unlikely.
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The UK has been more relaxed about general entry requirements than the US and Canada, which you’re only allowed to enter if you have valid means to enter eg citizen, PR etc.