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Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Canada, U.S. closing border to non-essential traffic: Trump

Canada and the United States have reached an unprecedented deal to close the shared border to non-essential travel, as both countries try to restrict the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to U.S. President Donald Trump.

"We will be, by mutual consent, temporarily closing our Northern Border with Canada to non-essential traffic. Trade will not be affected," he tweeted Wednesday morning. "Details to follow!"

As reported by CNN on Tuesday night and confirmed by CBC News, Canada and the U.S. were working to finalize a deal last night and into this morning.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

My Canadian friends are on their way home from Florida. Left this morning before even they are locked out. The only reason is because they only have health insurance in Canada. It doesn't cover any thing in the US. Another reason not to have Medicare for All. They have to buy special health insurance when in U. S.

Anonymous said...

But they will let in asylium seekers and refugees, stupid!

Anonymous said...

Nope it was stopped.

Anonymous said...

Why can't we at least close our two bridges?