Canada and the United States intend to continue until the end of July, the closure regime within the framework of the fight against the spread of coronavirus, according to Reuters sources. Washington and Ottawa in March imposed such restrictions for a period of a month, and then extended them in April and may. The ban, which expires on June 21, does not apply to trade.
According to the Agency, the regime will be extended due to the fact that the outbreak of a pandemic continues unabated in the two largest canadian cities – Toronto and Montreal. According to the second source, the authorities of most of the provinces said the Federal government, I don’t want to resume non-essential travel of citizens in the United States. Press Secretary of the canadian Deputy Prime Minister, which is responsible for ties with the United States, said the closures during a pandemic were justified.
however, experts say the losses due to the closure of borders to canadian airlines and the tourism industry. While airlines, including Air Canada, have suffered from this step, as travel bans have led to a thousand to flight cancellation, forcing carriers to cut jobs and its fleet.
as of Tuesday, more than 110 thousand people have died from the coronavirus in the United States. Canada reported 7 835 deaths and 96 244 cases of infection with coronavirus for a pandemic.
