There's a subtlety to the US Citizen inclusion however: You have to spend 14 days in quarantine. Details haven't been worked out. In fact there's a lot not worked out about the Canadian restrictions.
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sp4149 Wrote:
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> While Canada has now closed its border to foreign
> nationals. they are excluding US Citizens at this
> time. Given the trade between the two countries
> it is an economic not a public health decision.
> And it is not well liked in BC, the only province
> with coronavirus deaths and with many cases linked
> to nearby Washington State.
>
>
Following Trudeau’s announcement,
> British Columbia’s Health Minister Adrian Dix
> urged visitors form the U.S. to still not cross
> the border.
>
> "It's our strong view and it's our strong
> message that visitors from the United States not
> come to British Columbia," said Dix.
>
> "While we're very strongly supportive of most of
> those changes, we note that we remain concerned
> that access from visitors from the United States
> continues to be allowed, given the situation
> particularly in King and Snohomish county in
> Washington state, which affects British Columbia
> more than anyone else.”
>
> As of March 16, King county has recorded 420
> COVID-19 cases, while Snohomish county has 176.
> There have also been 42 deaths from the virus in
> Washington state. British Columbia is the only
> Canadian province to record a fatality due to
> COVID-19, with the province having four deaths to
> go along with over 100 cases.
>
> Ontario health officials also said on Monday that
> about half of their newly reported 32 cases are
> linked to the U.S., while patients in the past few
> weeks have been diagnosed with the virus after
> recent travels in America.
