The U.S. borders are not the only ones in the world to have a nuclear weapon But it’s not the first time With Mexico and Canada they will remain closed to non-essential until at least September.
The acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Chad Wolf, announced last week that “shared land-inport ports” at the Canadian and Mexican borders would restrict non-essentials until September 21.
“We continue to work with our Canadian and Mexican partners to stop the spread of COVID19,” he wrote on Twitter.”As a result, we have agreed to extend the limitation of non-essential ports of access to our shared land ports until September.21.”
The border has been closed since 18 March and the closure has been extended every month since then.
“We already told the United States that it continues because of what we have along the band on their side,” said Mexico’s Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, referring to the growing number of COVID-19 instances in the country.States, according to the Associated Press.
Canada’s Public Safety Minister Bill Blair announced that Canada would also extend the closure of its border with the US until September 21. In a follow-up tweet, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that governments were “taking this step to keep other people in or our countries safe, because their physical condition and protection is our most sensitive priority.”
Cross-border countries, such as truck drivers, fitness equipment and airline crews, will still be able to enter.Americans returning to the United States or Canadians returning to Canada can also cross.
The United States has reported more than 5.4 million cases of COVID-19 to Johns Hopkins University.Mexico has reported more than 522,000 cases shown, with a general low since July.Canada has reported approximately 124,000 cases of COVID-19, with a general minimum since May.
DHS has also extended the closure of enrollment centers for Trusted Traveler programs, adding Global Entry.The centres are expected to reopen on September 8.Anyone who has an appointment before that day postpones it online.