Canada and the U.S. will keep their shared border closed to non-essential travel for another 30 days.
Canada and the U.S. agreed to close the border to non-essential travelers in March. The new agreement now extends the border closure to May 20. It has the same terms as before and allows essential goods and services to move between the two countries.
U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador about the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to also keep the southern border closed for the time being, White House spokesman Judd Deere said.. The pair discussed the need to maintain restrictions on land border crossings for non-essential reasons.
Trump said at a White House news conference over the weekend that he has offered Mexico U.S.-made ventilators to combat its own COVID-19 outbreak. Trump said he had offered 1,000 ventilators by the end of the month, as well as other intensive-care medical equipment.
The U.S. has over 700,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and more than 37,000 deaths, far more than its neighbors. Cases in Canada are approaching 33,000 with over 1,300 deaths. Confirmed cases in Mexico are over 6,870 with over 500 fatalities.
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