Long delays as Canada opens border to fully vaccinated American tourists after 16 months

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VANCOUVER: Long delays were reported at the Canadian-US border on Monday (Aug 9) as Ottawa finally opened doors to fully vaccinated American tourists for the first time in 16 months, causing a rush of tourists to travel north during the busy summer season. Government data showed a seven-hour wait time for

Travellers line up to enter Canada after border restrictions were loosened to allow fully vaccinated U.S. residents, after the coronavirus disease pandemic forced an unprecedented 16-month ban that many businesses complained was crippling them, at the Peace Arch border crossing in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada August 9, 2021. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier

Travellers line up to enter Canada after border restrictions were loosened to allow fully vaccinated U.S. residents, after the coronavirus disease pandemic forced an unprecedented 16-month ban that many businesses complained was crippling them, at the Peace Arch border crossing in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada August 9, 2021. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier

Travellers line up to enter Canada after border restrictions were loosened to allow fully vaccinated U.S. residents, after the coronavirus disease pandemic forced an unprecedented 16-month ban that many businesses complained was crippling them, at the Peace Arch border crossing in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada August 9, 2021. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier

A Canada Border Services Agency Officer hands a traveller their documentation back as other travellers line up behind them to enter Canada after border restrictions were loosened to allow fully vaccinated U.S. residents, after the coronavirus disease pandemic forced an unprecedented 16-month ban, at the Thousand Islands Bridge crossing in Lansdowne, Ontario, Canada, August 9, 2021.

A man peers out over his car door at the line of travellers waiting to enter Canada after border restrictions were loosened to allow fully vaccinated U.S. residents, after the coronavirus disease pandemic forced an unprecedented 16-month ban, at the Thousand Islands Bridge crossing in Lansdowne, Ontario, Canada August 9, 2021. REUTERS/Alex Filipe

 

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