Prasanth Ramthilak from Mississauga, ON, is speaking out about an"illogical" situation after being forced to quarantine for two weeks even though he was denied entry into the U.S. — and never made it past the border. Ramthilak, an engineer at a beverage company, was heading to one of his employer's sister sites in New York for a meeting, with a letter from his employer stating that the trip was essential. Upon arrival at the Rainbow Bridge crossing in Niagara, U.S. border guards said they couldn't deem his trip essential and forced him to return home. After Ramthilak was turned around, he was told by Canadian border guards to quarantine for 14 days as well as to provide two negative COVID-19 tests despite being fully vaccinated for more than 14 days and not making it to New York at all. Ramthilak said: "If had spent time in the States, like a couple days, and got back and they made me quarantine, I would have been like, 'OK, you know what, that probably makes sense.' But 10 to 15 minutes, turn around and then it's like 14 days … Really?” Having been fully vaccinated, Ramthilak should have technically been exempt from quarantine under the federal government's rules, but he says the guards "weren't interested" in allowing him to show his proof of immunization.
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