Xinhua News Agency, Washington, April 20 (Reporter Liu Pinran) The US Department of Homeland Security announced on the 20th that in response to the new crown epidemic, the "non-essential travel" restrictions on the US border with Canada and Mexico were extended by 30 days.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Acting Minister Chad Wolf said in a statement that the United States, Canada and Mexico, after "close cooperation", decided to extend the current "non-essential travel" restrictions by 30 days. He also reiterated President Trump ’s previous position that border control and travel restrictions are essential to slow the spread of the epidemic and allow the country to restart the economy in stages.
As the new crown epidemic spread worldwide, the US government introduced a number of travel restrictions in March. In addition to restricting "non-essential travel" along the border with Mexico and Canada, the United States also imposed travel restrictions on the 26 member states of the European Schengen area, as well as the United Kingdom and Ireland. In addition, the United States Department of State ’s travel recommendations are still maintained at the highest level of 4, and it calls on American citizens to avoid all international travel.
The latest statistics of the new crown epidemic situation released by Johns Hopkins University on the 20th show that as of 9:00 a.m. EDT on the 20th (7 p.m. Beijing time on the 21st), there were 783290 confirmed cases and 41872 deaths.