Restrictions on non-essential travel at U.S. land borders with Canada and Mexico will be extended through Aug. 21, Canada and the United States announced on Thursday.
FILE PHOTO: Two closed Canadian border checkpoints are seen after it was announced that the border would close to"non-essential traffic" to combat the spread of novel coronavirus disease at the U.S.-Canada border crossing at the Thousand Islands Bridge in Lansdowne, Ontario, Canada March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Alex Filipe/File Photo
Earlier, acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf announced the 30-day extension on Twitter that “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.” Passenger crossings have fallen by 90% or more at many border crossings and hit tourist destinations along U.S. borders.
At San Ysidro, California, on the U.S.-Mexico border, passenger and pedestrian traffic fell from more than 2.9 million people crossing in February to 1.3 million in May.
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