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Washington mdash; The United States borders with Mexico and Canada will remain closed for non-essential travel for another month as the country braces for what public health experts say will be a difficult winter battling the coronavirus pandemic.Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said Monday that the three countries will extend travel restrictions through November 21 in an effort to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. We are working closely with Mexico Canada to identify safe criteria to eas stanley cup e the restrictions in the future support our border communities, Wolf tweeted. Bill Blair, Canada s minister of public safety and emergency preparedness, said the nation s decisions will continue to be based on the best public health advice available to keep Canadians safe. Under the restrictions, a foreign national arriving in Canada from the U.S. must prove they are traveling for an essential purpose or are an immediate family member and are not showing symptoms of COVID-19. Travelers must also have a plan to quarantine for 14 days. Those traveling to Mexico from the U.S. may also be denied entry if their trip stanley cup is considered non-essential, including for tourism and recreational purposes.The U.S. leads the world in coronavirus infections, with more than 8.2 million confirmed cases, according to Johns Hopkins University. Mexico, by contr stanley uk ast, has had more than 800,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, and Canada has had Xugw Virginia AG Says Health Care Lawsuit About Liberty
President Bush and Republican supporters promised minor changes Monday to his plan to open gov stanley cup ernment social-services programs to religious charities, hoping to nudge it through a tangle of critics in Congress.In his visit to a meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Mr. Bush won a generally worded endorsement from the nation s mayors and announced that civil rights heroine Rosa Pa stanley water bottle rks also backs his faith-based initiative. Together we re going stanley tazas to convince the skeptics, he declared. His speech here 151; coupled with behind-the-scenes concessions to Democratic mayors 151; was designed to allay criticism of the legislation, sponsored in the House by Reps. J.C. Watts, R-Okla., and Tony Hall, D-Ohio, which is still in committee there and yet to find a Senate sponsor. We recognize that the funds will be spent on social services, not worship services, Mr. Bush said. We respect the separation of church and state. Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer said that, in private meetings, Watts agreed to change a provision allowing religious groups to sue for damages if they are denied government grants. Archer said he also won assurances from Watts and Bush advisers that only groups with a proven record in social services would be eligible for taxpayer funds. I ve been assured the legislation will be tweaked, so the issues and concerns we ve expressed will be addressed 151; removed or sanitized from the legislation, said Archer.New Orleans |
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