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Vaccine mix prevents man from entry into T&T
PORT-OF-SPAIN, T&T —An Ontario man trying to bury his mother in Trinidad and Tobago says he’s devastated after he flew to the island only to be turned around and forced to fly home because his vaccine mix is not approved in that country.
Alan Preddie says he, his wife and a few other relatives travelled to Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday to bury his mother who lived and died there. After landing, only those of them with two doses of the same vaccine were able to enter the country.
Preddie, who had a Pfizer-Moderna mix, said he was told he could not visit the country unless he stayed 14 days in a state-supervised quarantine facility that would cost him almost $3,000—an option that was impossible for him.
“I was placed on the next flight to Toronto. I was so angry. I’m so angry because the Canadian government told me to take these vaccines and it would be okay,” he said. “I trusted them and their science.”
“My mother and I were extremely close. I would call her four times a week if not more and talk and laugh. In Trinidad, I spent most of my vacations. This is so painful for me.”
Speaking from his Brampton home, Preddie said he has until Friday to make it to his mother’s burial and funeral.
Overwhelmed with anxiety, he’s been desperately trying to find a way to return and be there with his wife, siblings and 80-year-old father.
CTV News Toronto has been searching Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Health website and information is not clearly available on whether visitors to the country with Pfizer-Moderna mixes are considered fully vaccinated.
However, the website for the country’s Ministry of National Security states that the only mix vaccine regimen currently approved is the AstraZeneca/Pfizer mix.
Before arriving in Trinidad, Preddie said he was not told that his vaccine mix was not approved despite flying with the state-owned Caribbean Airlines and registering on the government’s travel app.
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1 Response to “Vaccine mix prevents man from entry into T&T”
It will start with needing to show it to book and get onto flights, then get into restaurants, etc.
Once we get agreement amongst most countries to allow people easy transit using this system, travel will become ALMOST as easy as before this scourge started.
If you think that is impinging on your "freedoms" then go enjoy your freedom living on your private island and fishing for food. You won't be going on the ferry shopping, you won't be going on holiday or visit friends and you'll be paying for a private delivery system to bring you groceries.