OTTAWA, July 30 (Reuters) – Canada is tightening its regulations for foreigners who have to cross the country to Alaska, the government said Thursday, after several U.S. citizens were fined by police for diverting tourism.
The Canada-U.S. border It has been closed to non-essentials since mid-March, but returning Canadians, must-have workers, truck drivers, strangers picking up their families and others driving in Alaska have been allowed in.
Canada has particularly halting the spread of coronavirus to the United States, where on Wednesday, the country’s 3 largest states set records for one day of COVID-19 deaths. Deaths in Canada have been single digits at various events in the past two weeks.
Anyone entering Canada, with the exception of essential workers, will have to be quarantined lately for 14 days, but not all have complied. Some others, in addition to U.S. citizens who stopped at the scenic Banff National Park on their way to Alaska, were fined by police.
Under the new rules, which will take effect Friday, travelers to Alaska for non-discretionary purposes must enter the country at one of the five border crossings specified here in western Canada.
Travelers will get a “flying tag” that should be attached to their rearview mirror during the journey to or from Alaska and obviously indicates when they will have to leave Canada, authorities said.
They will also have to take the maximum direct direction available, “avoiding all national parks, recreation sites and tourist activities,” the bill says, and they will also need to alert the Canadian border government to their departure from Canada before entering the United States. (Report through Kelsey Johnson in Ottawa edited through Alistair Bell)
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