Kathmandu, Oct. 7 -- A post-graduate student of mechanical engineering Samita Rimal is completing her 14-day quarantine in a hotel in Montreal. Despite being fully vaccinated with VeroCell in Nepal, she now has to take one of the four jabs recognised in Canada.

"I wish I had taken J&J before coming here, I just wasted time and money, others like me should really try to find out the exact requirements before leaving Nepal," says 23-year-old Rimal.

Another student preparing to leave for Canada is in a dilemma: should she get a shot of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine which is accepted in Canada, or face two weeks of quarantine and further restrictions because the Chinese vaccine VeroCell is not accepted by the Canadian government?

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