The United States has confirmed that the U.S. and Mexico and the U.S. and Canada will extend shared border restrictions through Sept. 21, according to a tweet from Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf.
“We will continue to work with our Canadian and Mexican partners to slow down the spread of # COVID19. Hence, we have agreed to extend the restriction of non-essential voyages to our shared inland ports of entry through September 21,” Wolf tweeted.
The Foreign Ministry also tweeted about the expansion earlier Friday, saying, “After checking the spread of COVID-19, Mexico proposed to the US the extension for another month of non-essential restrictions on land travel to the Commonwealth. grins. ”
Some context: The announcement marks the latest extension of restrictions on non-essential travel after limits were initially in place at the end of March.
The restrictions have been in place since March 21 and prohibit non-essential travel. Essential journeys include individuals traveling for medical purposes, attending school or doing business, such as truck drivers, among others, according to a regulatory notice published in late July.
Some travelers are still allowed to cross, including, but not limited to, citizens returning home, those crossing for education or medical reasons, and those engaged in legal cross-border trafficking. Thousands of people cross the US-Mexico border every day for work, school and other activities.
The U.S. outperformed other countries in cases of coronavirus, including Mexico and Canada, which had at least 505,751 and 123,194 cases, respectively, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
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