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The U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico will stay closed to nonessential travel for at least another month.

Bill Blair, Canada's public safety minister, 

 on Monday, "We are extending non-essential travel restrictions with the United States until November 21st, 2020. Our decisions will continue to be based on the best public health advice available to keep Canadians safe."

The United States and Mexico have both seen 

Chad Wolf, acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, confirmed the news. 

"To continue to limit the spread of COVID, the US, Mexico, & Canada will extend the restrictions on non-essential travel through Nov 21," he 

. "We are working closely with Mexico & Canada to identify safe criteria to ease the restrictions in the future & support our border communities."

In an interview Monday with a Canadian radio station, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau noted that the country's southern neighbor does not have the virus under control.

"The situation in the United States continues to be of concern. So we're going to make sure we're keeping Canadians safe as best as we can," Trudeau 

"Canadians can be deeply reassured to know that their various orders of government are always going to work together to keep them safe, unlike some other places we see around the world," he said.

that the border policy applies to automotive, commuter rail and ferry travel but not air, rail or sea travel. It also said: 

In addition to the border regulations, there are additional rules about entering 

Last month, President Trump said that Canada wanted the border to reopen and said that "we're going to be opening the borders pretty soon." But public opinion surveys have found Canadians 

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"The situation in the United States continues to be of concern. So we're going to make sure we're keeping Canadians safe as best as we can," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.

U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico will stay closed another month

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