OTTAWA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Canada and the United States appear likely to extend a ban on non-essential travel up until June 21 amidst the unique coronavirus pandemic, a Canadian government source and a top U.S. official stated on Wednesday.
FILE PICTURE: Ashley Van Dorp of Abbotsford shows her mom, Susan Halewood of Blaine, Washington, her Mother’s Day present as the household gathered for Mother’s Day along the Canada-U.S. border, near non-essential travel due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) limitations in Langley, British Columbia, Canada Might 10,2020 REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier/File Picture
The two neighbors had actually settled on April 18 to extend border limitations until Might 21 as cases of the illness continued to increase in both countries. Canada is now pressing for the measures to remain for another month.
” It’s prematurely to lift the limitations, so we’re working toward an extension,” stated one Canadian government source, explaining the talks with Washington as positiv