OTTAWA – US-Canada Boarder To Close On Saturday. The Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, on Thursday has said that the Canada-US border will be close to non-essential travel.
According to details, Trump and Trudeau announced this temporary shut-down yesterday. The international boarder between US and Canada is the longest between two countries at 8891 kilo meters. Trudeau told reporters from his home the following.
We are continuing to work on the fine-tuning of the agreement between Canada and US. Which I think it’s almost there. My understanding is that the measure will probably come into place in the night between Friday and Saturday. Earlier this week, Trudeau’s wife was also diagnose with Novel Coronavirus COVID-19. US-Canada Boarder To Close On Saturday
Yesterday, US President Donald Trump said that the closure of the US-Canada border would last 30 days. The measure was announce to stop the spread of Coronavirus. Trump announced this at a press briefing in White House. He told reporters that hopefully within 30 days, the boarder will re-open again.
Earlier this week, Trump announced that Washington and Ottawa were agree to close the border to all nonessential traffic. However, it will not affect trade between the two countries.