Canada borders may reopen as early as Early September
Post by : Admin on Jul 16,2021
According to a summary released by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office, the Canadian border may open in mid-August for US citizens and in September for everyone else.
According to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office, the Canada-US border may open to fully vaccinated travellers in mid-August, and to all other nations in early September.
The prime minister met with provincial leaders and the minister of intergovernmental relations on July 15 to discuss a variety of issues. Among them were immunization rates in Canada and the border.
According to Trudeau's office, assuming Canada's existing vaccination rate and public health circumstances hold, the government will be able to welcome fully vaccinated travellers from all nations by early September.
Citizens and permanent residents of the United States who have been fully vaccinated may be permitted to enter as early as mid-August. Canada and the United States have been in continuous talks about restoring the common land border, which has been closed since March 2020.
Approximately 80% of Canadians have gotten their first dose of the COVID vaccine, with more than 50% completely immunised. The Trudeau administration previously claimed that 75% of Canadians would need to be completely vaccinated before measures could be rolled back further. The partial reopening of Canada's borders started on July 5, when fully vaccinated Canadians and other exempt travellers were permitted to bypass the entire 14-day required quarantine. Canadian citizens, permanent residents, family members, new immigrants, employees, and international students are all exempt.
Non-essential travellers, on the other hand, are still banned from entering. Business leaders in hard-hit industries, like tourism, have pressed the administration for a strategy to restore the border securely.
More information on border reopening measures would be given “early next week,” according to the briefing. The existing border restrictions in Canada remain in force until Wednesday, July 21.
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