As per the previous concerns of skilled internationalcrowds not coming to the USA, the US has lowered its travel restrictions for theIndians, they have come from Level 4, “do not travel” to Level 3, “reconsidertravelling” with the Covid 19 situation still easing significantly in India,the US government has lowered the travel criteria from the US to India.
The Canadian government who has taken up the decision toconsider the health of the safety of their citizens first has extended thesuspension of flights from India by a month and will resume the flights tillAugust 21, and overall i.e. for non-essential travel the decision is taken up toopen the flights from September 7, only for those who are fully vaccinated.
On July 19 (Monday), the US department has revised thetravel advisory for India and now the state, “The centres for disease controland prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 3 Travel health Notice for India due toCOVID-19 indicating a high level of COVID-19 in the country. Your risk ofcontracting COVID-19 and developing severe symptoms may be lower if you arefully vaccinated with an FDA authorised vaccine...”
The CDC website told, “Make sure you are fully vaccinatedbefore travelling to India. Unvaccinated travellers should avoid nonessentialtravel to India. Because of the current situation in India, all travellers maybe at risk for getting and spreading Covid 19 variants.”
The stages of travel in the US are:
Level 1: Normal precautions
Level 2: Exercise increased
Level 3: Reconsider travel
Level 4: Do not travel
In April end, the US had put India on level 4 when the fatal second wave was on peak and the travel advising was against travel toIndia. The warning which was given in April end to India said, “Level 4 traveladvisory is the highest level issued by the Department of State and advises the UScitizens not to travel to India or to leave as soon as it is safe to do so dueto the current health situation in country,” the stage 4 warning for India hadtold.
Talking of Canada, the country had suspended thecommercial as well as private passenger flights from India on April 23, 2021and has extended the same till August 21, 2021. But soon the nation is expectedto open flights for all in early September.
The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau opened up on his Twitteraccount on Tuesday morning and tweeted,“Update: As of September 7th, fully-vaccinated people from any country can comeinto Canada for non-essential travel. As a first step, fully-vaccinatedAmericans can do the same starting August 9th. At every step, the safety ofCanadians will continue to be our top priority.”
Further added, “From August 9, 2021, fully vaccinatedcitizens and permanent residents of US, currently residing in the US, currentlyresiding in the US will be permitted to enter Canada for non-essential travel.Entry to Canada will resume to be suspended for US travellers who are not fullyvaccinated and for all other foreign nationals, unless they already meet an exemption set out in the Orders made under the Quarantine act.”
The passengers, who are travelling, need to wear masks inCanadian airports, on board flights which can be travel to, from and withinCanada, with exceptions as well as their vaccination status.