The Canadian government announced Friday that it will require all commercial air travelers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, in addition to passengers on interprovincial trains and cruise ships.
Canada is also requiring vaccinations for all federal government workers, as well as employees in air, rail and marine transportation.
The steps are far-ranging moves to get more people vaccinated, and go significantly farther than what the Biden administration has required in the United States.
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Canada has a significantly higher vaccination rate than the U.S., where many people are declining to get the shots: 73 percent of Canada’s population has at least one shot, compared to 59 percent in the U.S., according to a New York Times tracker.
Canadian officials said they needed to do more, though.
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