Canada, US and Mexico poised to extend border restrictions

The US, Canada and Mexico are poised to extend their agreements to keep their shared borders closed to non-essential travel to Aug. 21, officials said Tuesday. The agreements would extend the closures by another 30 days. A person familiar with the matter said final confirmation of the US, Canada agreement has yet occurred but is likely. The restrictions were announced on March 18 and were extended in April, May and June. Mexico’s Foreign Affairs ministry said via Twitter Tuesday that “after reviewing the development of the spread of COVID-19” Mexico had proposed to the US government that they extend the restrictions on ground travel at the US-Mexico border for 30 more days. Canadian PM Justin Trudeau said this week that a decision on the border would be announced later this week. “We’re going to continue to work hard to keep Canadians safe and to keep our economies flowing, and we will have more to say later,” Trudeau said.<br/>