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US extends travel restrictions at Canada, Mexico borders

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e United States on Monday extended restrictions at its land borders with Canada and Mexico through October 21 that bar non-essential travel such as tourism by foreigners despite Ottawa’s decision to open its border to vaccinated Americans.

Canada on August 9 began allowing fully vaccinated US visitors for non-essential travel. The United States has continued to extend the extraordinary restrictions on Canada and Mexico on a monthly basis since March 2020, when they were imposed to address the spread of COVID-19.

The latest monthly extension goes through October 21, WhiteHouse COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients told reporters Monday.

Zients said nearly all foreign nationals traveling to the United States by air will need to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination starting in early November.

He said, “We do not have any updates to the land border policies at this point.”

US lawmakers have been pushing the White House to lift restrictions that have barred non-essential travel by Canadians across the northern US border since March 2020.

The US land border restrictions do not bar US citizens from returning home.

Republican Montana Senator Steve Daines said Monday the White House’s “continued refusal to open the northern border is inexplicable and is devastating Montana border communities and our economy.”

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