Canada, U.S. border restrictions extended to April 21st
Posted March 18, 2021 9:05 am.
Last Updated March 18, 2021 9:35 am.
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Non-essential travel restrictions between Canada and the United States have been extended until April 21 to help prevent further spread of COVID-19.
Bill Blair, Canada’s Minister of Public Safety, said on Twitter that “Canada will continue to base its decisions on the best public health advice available to keep Canadians safe.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said earlier this week that the border would not be reopening anytime in the near future.
“We’re all eager to be able to travel again,” said Trudeau during a news conference in Montreal on Monday. “But I think we’re all going to wait patiently until such time as the health situation allows us to loosen border restrictions internationally. That’ll be eventually, but not for today.”
Canada’s shared border with the United States was originally closed to casual, non-essential travel last year on March 21, ten days after a global pandemic was declared.
New quarantine and testing requirements for those coming to Canada were rolled out in February.
Right now, all travellers, with some exceptions for essential workers, must isolate for 14 days upon arrival, no matter if they came into the country via land or air.
Canada suspended flights from the U.K. in December after the rise of the B 1.1.7 variant was discovered in that country.
More details to come.
