Canadians overseas who have received Russian, Chinese and other vaccines may not benefit from future easing of 14-day quarantine requirements to re-enter the country, as those vaccines are not officially recognized by the Candian government. Last week, the federal government said the eased restrictions would only apply to Canadians inoculated with a vaccine approved by Health Canada, such as Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca-Oxford and Janssen. While the Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine is approved by the World Health Organization (WHO), it is not on Canada’s list. Also not included is Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, which is being distributed across Russia, Mexico, India and several South American countries. Some Canadians living or working abroad say they tried to do the right thing and get the vaccine available to them and that it's wrong to penalize Canadians who live overseas by making it harder for them to return home for a visit when they have jobs elsewhere. On the other hand, Dr. Gerald Evans, Chair of Infectious Diseases at Queens University, said there is good reason for Canada to be cautious with Sputnik and Sinopharm because peer-reviewed data on their efficacies is still limited.
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