No immediate plans to shut border with Canada over omicron variant, U.S. says | CBC News

The White House says it has no immediate plan to tighten the border with Canada again after new COVID-19 cases involving the omicron variant.

A presidential spokesperson was asked during Tuesday's daily briefing whether new cross-border travel restrictions were being considered.

"The president's decisions related to travel restrictions will be based on the recommendations of his health and medical team.

A number of countries, including the United States and Canada, have restricted travel to a number of African nations that have reported the variant.

relaxed its previous restrictions on non-essential travel, while Canada also recently loosened some of its testing rules for some travellers.

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