Mexico's Foreign Ministry has announced it is extending its border restrictions on nonessential travel from the US until August 21 as coronavirus cases spike in America
Two Canadian government sources with knowledge of the situation told CNN Tuesday that the border with Canada is expected to remain closed until at least August 21. Later on Tuesday, the Mexican Foreign Ministry announced that it was extending its border restrictions, also until August 21.
"Mexico's decision on extending the border restrictions comes after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, commonly known as AMLO, said the pandemic"is losing intensity" after meeting with his health cabinet on Sunday. "I want to tell you that the report is positive, is good, the conclusion is that the pandemic is decreasing, is losing intensity," AMLO said in a video address to the nation.
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