U.S. Extends Travel Restrictions To Canada, Mexico
The U.S. government has extended it nonessential closure of its borders with Canada and Mexico until at least September 21, 2021. The government cited the delta variant of the coronavirus as the reason for the determination.
In a post on Twitter, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said, “In coordination with public health and medical experts, DHS continues working closely with its partners across the United States and internationally to determine how to safely and sustainably resume normal travel.”
The extraordinary closures have been extended monthly since they were put in place at the onset of the pandemic in March 2020. Reuters has more on this story.
As Connecting the Dots reported two weeks ago, the Canadian government began letting fully vaccinated U.S. citizens and permanent residents into the country on August 9, 2021, but Canadians still can’t travel into the U.S. unless it is for an essential purpose.