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Canada to open borders to Americans next month

The Globe and Mail

ANN ARBOR, MI (MPRN)--   Canada plans to reopen its border to vaccinated American tourists starting in August.

If you’re a U.S. citizen, and you’ve had all your COVID shots for at least 14 days, and you have a negative COVID test and you fill out an online form proving all of those things, you can once again visit Canada starting August 9.

People who have to cross the border for essential work have been permitted during the pandemic, but Canada hadn’t yet reopened its borders to tourists.

U.S. residents will be the first allowed in next month. People from other nations could be allowed in starting September 7th if COVID cases remain low, according to the latest plan from the government.

Dustin Dwyer is a reporter for a new project at Michigan Radio that will look at improving economic opportunities for low-income children. Previously, he worked as an online journalist for Changing Gears, as a freelance reporter and as Michigan Radio's West Michigan Reporter. Before he joined Michigan Radio, Dustin interned at NPR's Talk of the Nation, wrote freelance stories for The Jackson Citizen-Patriot and completed a Reporting & Writing Fellowship at the Poynter Institute.