Empty road at the US port of entry into Blaine of Washington State is seen at Douglas-Peace Arch border crossing in Surrey, Canada
WASHINGTON, July 17 (NNN-Xinhua) — US non-essential travel restrictions across its borders with Canada and Mexico will be extended for another month due to the COVID-19, US Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said.
Wolf tweeted that “based on the success of the existing restrictions and close collaboration with Mexico and Canada, @DHSgov will continue to limit non-essential travel at our land ports of entry with Canada and Mexico until Aug 20.”
“Close collaboration with our neighbors has allowed us to respond to #COVID19 in a North American approach and slow the travel-related spread of the virus,” he added.
The border restrictions were first implemented on March 21.
Over 3.5 million confirmed COVID-19 cases have been reported in the United States, with over 137,000 deaths, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University. — NNN-XINHUA
