Fully vaccinated Canadian abroad frustrated at quarantine rules

William Hamilton is a fully vaccinated Canadian, but since he received the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, which is offered in Russia — where he works as an English teacher — but not approved in Canada, he is still required to quarantine in a hotel upon return to Canada. Hamilton is frustrated that under federal rules, he can't skip the quarantine like other fully vaccinated Canadians who were jabbed with vaccines that have been approved by Health Canada.

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