Fly to Canada with a mandatory RT-PCR stopover
Fully vaccinated Indians can travel to Canada from Tuesday (September 7). However, there is a condition that travelers need to undergo an RT-PCR test in a third country. So it becomes imperative for the travelers to make a stop over in a third country for taking RT-PCR test.
Now, many middle east cities have been allowing Indian travelers transit visa upon arrival. So Indian passengers can make use of this facility and transit from places like Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
Recently, Tukey had also eased travel restrictions for Indian travelers by withdrawing 14-day mandatory quarantine.
Accepted COVID-19 vaccines in Canada
- Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty, tozinameran, BNT162b2)
- Moderna (mRNA-1273)
- AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD (ChAdOx1-S, Vaxzevria, AZD1222)
- Janssen/Johnson & Johnson (Ad26.COV2.S)
- Bharat Biotech (Covaxin, BBV152 A, B, C)
- Cansino (Convidecia, Ad5-nCoV)
- Gamalaya (Sputnik V, Gam-Covid-Vac)
- Sinopharm (BBIBP-CorV, Sinopharm-Wuhan)
- Sinovac (CoronaVac, PiCoVacc)
- Vector Institute (EpiVacCorona)
- Other
According to the Times of India, In the past several months, Middle Eastern airports too were shut to Indians. So the only option before students traveling to Canada was to transit via countries like Egypt and Mexico, where they underwent an RT-PCR test. With Canada open to tourists from India as well, a holiday travel itinerary with a short stop in Dubai or Abu Dhabi could be planned.
Fares for travel to Canada with a transit halt in a third country were comparatively cheaper as well. For travel this month-end and return in mid-October, the return fare on offer on the Mumbai-Toronto route with a transit halt in, say, London was priced at Rs 80-90,000. For a transit halt in the Middle East, the economic options were available only three-four weeks down the line, the TOI report said.
