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Coronavirus: Canada Closes Border to Foreigners, Americans Exempted
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced the move from outside his residence where he is self-isolating, stopped short of closing the Canadian-U.S. border. Canada on 16 March moved to ban entry to the country to non-residents, except for American citizens, in a bid to combat the COVID-19 outbreak. (www.hollywoodreporter.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Odd. Where are the most COVID 19 cases in north America? Sorry, I'd prevent them coming here.
Eve, this virus is here, and here to stay. It's coming your way whether today, tomorrow, or next week, or next month. Currently they are trying to SLOW the hit so that medical facilities can handle the valid Corona patients and the normal sick or injured people. The goal is not to overwhelm hospitals all at once - especially with people who may simply have the cold or sniffles (or totally well) who we KNOW will be flooding their local ER.
This is easier said then done. At this time of year Canada gets 80% of their fruit and vegetable from the USA or Mexico, so there would still be many thousands of trucks per day that need to cross the border. We are at the beginning of an unprecedented health crisis, and 50% of our medical supplies come from the USA. Anyways, the virus is already here, so closing of borders, even screening people coming in, will do nothing but give us a false sense of security that in the end does more harm than good.
- I happened to see unusual patterns of flights in/out of Havana Cuba today, March 17.
THREE British Air 777 enroute LHR-HAV with 9000 series flight numbers. (not typical flights). Plus widebodies from AMS, DUS, MUC, CDG, and yes, Alitalia from Rome FCO to Havana. Also note the US flights operating HAV-MIA HAV-JFK, etc. 1) Are the EU folks merely sunseekers? 2) Has Havana just become a new Toronto, offering a way to bypass US ban on travel from EU to USA ? 3) Or are these G7 coordinated flights for repatriation plus transporting medical supplies. Don't know the answer, but heavier than normal traffic patterns. Can search Flightaware for HAV or MUHA , then try the map picture
THREE British Air 777 enroute LHR-HAV with 9000 series flight numbers. (not typical flights). Plus widebodies from AMS, DUS, MUC, CDG, and yes, Alitalia from Rome FCO to Havana. Also note the US flights operating HAV-MIA HAV-JFK, etc. 1) Are the EU folks merely sunseekers? 2) Has Havana just become a new Toronto, offering a way to bypass US ban on travel from EU to USA ? 3) Or are these G7 coordinated flights for repatriation plus transporting medical supplies. Don't know the answer, but heavier than normal traffic patterns. Can search Flightaware for HAV or MUHA , then try the map picture
Please correct me if I'm wrong (I have not yet traveled internationally myself), but wouldn't a US citizen's passport show they were in a country in Europe even if they were returning to the US through Canada, Cuba, or some other country?
Even before these travel restrictions, if you were in Europe and flew through Toronto back to the US, customs should still know you were in Europe...
I'd be happy to learn about something I'm missing and/or not understanding, though!
Even before these travel restrictions, if you were in Europe and flew through Toronto back to the US, customs should still know you were in Europe...
I'd be happy to learn about something I'm missing and/or not understanding, though!
Thread started about closing the Canada "EU airliner bypass". Then noticing the unusual HAV flights. Cuba is NOT currently on any US list for MEDICAL screening of passengers. Furthermore, some of the flights such as Southwest & JetBlue, arrive at Ft Lauderdale airport, NOT an approved point of embarkation, and NO provision for CDC virus screening stacked w/ passport control. Possibility # 3, a G7 coordinated re-patriation would allay the concern, but skeptical. Focus on the Flightaware patterns, IMHO quite unusual
I misspoke.
Regardless of citizenship, my I believe my statement still stands: If anyone (US citizen or not) was in Europe and flew to the US through Cuba, Customs would certainly still know they were recently in Europe. Any travel restrictions, as far as I'm aware, consider the location of origin, not the most recent connection.
Regardless of citizenship, my I believe my statement still stands: If anyone (US citizen or not) was in Europe and flew to the US through Cuba, Customs would certainly still know they were recently in Europe. Any travel restrictions, as far as I'm aware, consider the location of origin, not the most recent connection.
Really ? " not having travelled internationally " You could satisfy your curiosity about passport control by checking US State department travel website, perhaps DHS website.
Correct me if im wrong but I dont think a American Citizen needs a passport to travel to Canada just a vaild ID or Drivers license
I don’t know about Americans travelling to Canada, but the other way round you need a passport.
Glad you asked. US citizen needs either a full passport book, or the small passport card, for Canada travel by air OR land. I know someone who missed a flight USA to Toronto last year, he forgot to pack his passport card on the preceding (domestic) trip. My post is about the "EU bypass" that got closed down by Trudeau March 16. The spikes in flights to HAV today puzzle me, whether its a new Toronto ? or coordinated relief / repatriation
Thank you Mbrews
I did, in fact. I'd love to see some evidence of how someone entering the US from Europe by air via Canada, Cuba, or some other country, wouldn't be required to show their passport which, in turn, would show they were recently in Europe.