Canadians with mixed-dose COVID-19 vaccines eligible to enter U.S.

WASHINGTON — People who received doses of two or more different COVID-19 vaccines will be considered eligible to enter the United States next month, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

While the agency has stopped short of recommending the mixed-dose practice in the U.S., it now acknowledges that it is an increasingly common vaccination strategy elsewhere in the world.

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This will apply to Canadians crossing the land border, which reopens for non-essential travel Nov. 8. There are nearly four million Canadians who have received doses of two or more vaccines.

The CDC declaration answeres one of the key questions remaining as the gradual reopening of the Canada-U.S. border continues.