While Canada has significantly fewer new virus cases per capita, the country's coronavirus metrics have also remained relatively low over the summer, which may make recent changes, driven by the highly contagious Delta variant, look much more drastic.
The updated advisory comes almost a month after the U.S. decided to keep its land border closed with Canada until at least September 21 over concerns of the variant. On Tuesday, the U.S. State Department advised Americans to reconsider traveling to Canada amid rising COVID-19 cases. Above, Canadian and American flags at Peace Arch Historical State Park at the U.S.-Canada border as Canada reopens for nonessential travel to fully vaccinated Americans in Blaine, Washington, on August 9.Rising cases brought on by the Delta variant have also led other countries to reconsider allowing in travelers.
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Wait,wait, wait….isn’t it supposed to be the other way around 🤷🏻♂️