The government of Mexico and the United States will extend the partial closure of their border by one more month due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (SRE) reported.
On his Twitter account, the dependency detailed that partial closure will continue until November 21 because various federal entities have returned orange at the epidemiological traffic light.
Read: Mexico exceeds 85,000 COVID deaths; estimate nearly 42,000 active cases
? After reviewing the development of the spread of #COVID19 in both countries and several federal entities returning in ? color at the Epidemiological Traffic Light, ?? raised ?? month’s extension of restrictions on non-essential land transit at the border.
— Foreign Affairs (@SRE_mx) October 16, 2020
Restrictions will remain in the same terms as they have been developed since their implementation on March 21.
The measure prohibits non-essential ground transit and therefore does not affect commercial travel.
In its last update on October 15, Mexico recorded 85,285 COVID deaths, and 834,910 cases confirmed since the pandemic began.
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