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U.S.-Canada border to remain closed until at least late September

The U.S.-Canada border at Pittsburg, N.H., in 2017. The U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico will stay closed to nonessential travel through Nov. 21.
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The U.S.-Canada border at Pittsburg, N.H., in 2017. The U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico will stay closed to nonessential travel through Nov. 21.

It will be at least another month before the U.S. will reopen its border with Canada for non-essential travel. This week the Biden administration extended border restrictions through at least September 21.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security cited the delta variant and rising COVID-19 case counts as the reason for keeping the U.S. side of the land border closed.

Canada reopened its side of the border two weeks ago, to Americans who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and have a negative PCR test for the novel coronavirus taken within the previous 72 hours.

Steve Carmody has been a reporter for Michigan Public since 2005.