Protecting Canada’s border against COVID-19

With so much essential cross-border movement—including in the agricultural sector and to keep factories supplied—there will inevitably be some imported infections, despite continued tight restriction on non-discretionary travel.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced last week the Canada-U.S. border will remain closed to non-essential travel until at least Aug. 21.
With COVID-19 raging out of control in the U.S., the last thing most Canadians want to contemplate is more visitors from abroad. But knowing it will be at least a year before a vaccine arrives, and even longer until it is administered globally, we need to plan for this...

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