Canada to keep U.S. border curbs until pandemic is much less serious

Submitted by admin on Tue, 10/06/2020 - 08:03

Canada will maintain restrictions on non-essential travel with the United States until the coronavirus outbreak in both nations is much less serious, a senior government official said on Friday.

The comments by Canadian Public Safety Minister Bill Blair suggest that the ban on non-essential travel could stay for months to come, given spiking cases of COVID-19.

The measures, first imposed in March, are due to expire on Oct 21. They do not affect trade.

Blair told reporters that Canada would keep the restrictions in place “until the conditions on both sides of the border ... change very substantively, until we can be assured based on the advice we receive from our public health officials” that the measures could be lifted safely...

This was excerpted from the 2 October 2020 edition of Reuters Canada.