Canada Border Closure: Have Agreed to Restrict All Non-essential Travel Across Canada-US Border, Justin Trudeau Says After Speaking to Donald Trump

Washington D.C., March 19: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke to US President Donald Trump regarding the coronavirus outbreak and said they have agreed to restrict all non-essential travel across the Canada-US border. "I spoke with @POTUS Trump this morning about what we can do to slow the spread of COVID-19. We have agreed to restrict all non-essential travel across the Canada-US border. If you are already visiting the US, you will be allowed to come back home - please do so," Trudeau said in a tweet.

"At the same time, we will make sure essential travel is not affected and supply chains are not interrupted - so vital goods like food, fuel, and medicines can still cross the border," Trudeau said in another tweet.

Justin Trudeau Announcing Temporarily Restriction Across The Canada-U.S. Border to Slow the Spread of COVID19:

Earlier, President Trump tweeted: "We will be, by mutual consent, temporarily closing our Northern Border with Canada to non-essential traffic. Trade will not be affected. Details to follow!

"Meanwhile, according to Sputnik, the death toll of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States reached 115 on Wednesday with a 25 per cent increase in confirmed cases, Johns Hopkins University's real-time tracking map revealed. There are now at least 7,324 confirmed cases recorded in the United States, according to fresh data.

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